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Government policy Update – Beneficiary income
The government has introduced a traffic light system for beneficies, with tougher sanctions for those out of work who do not meet obligations to prepare for or find work.
The system ranks beneficiaries as green, orange or red, with the high risk category indicating a third breach of obligations. The consequences include benefit reductions, benefit suspension, money management and/or mandatory community work experience.
Next year JobSeekers will have to reapply every six months, and face sanctions like community work and money management cards.
This government is going tough on beneficiary policies, criminal justice, education, Maori, public servants and services. Sounds like an overhaul.
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The Labour Party says the government was more interested in kicking beneficiaries when they were down, rather than helping them back into work.
Leader Chris Hipkins said the sanctions would keep people on benefits for longer, and would keep more children in poverty.
He said the government should be focused on creating jobs so people can get into good, well-paid work, and sanctions did not get people into work if there were no jobs for them to go to.
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Greens attack ‘blunt instrument’ of OCR
Green Party co-leader and spokesperson for finance Chlöe Swarbrick has reacted to the OCR cut news by saying it “won’t help the approximate 23,000 more kids the Government is pushing into poverty”.“Monetary policy is a blunt instrument. It’s fiscal policy – that is, the Government’s choices on tax and spend – which dictates the rules, who wins, and who loses in our economy.
“This Government is actively pursuing policies shown to enhance hardship and grow poverty. They’re making thousands unemployed while simultaneously cutting support for those without work and threatening them with sanctions. Benefit sanctions are a tried, tested and failed policy.”“It’s past time for an economy that works for people and planet, instead of exploiting and exhausting both. While this Government tells people they’re making the ‘hard choices’ to push more kids into poverty and increase emissions, the Greens will continue to fight for the world we all deserve,” Swarbrick said.To register please text username @ password to me at 0274501899 or email admin@spirit.org.nz.
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