'Strip absent fathers' of benefits

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Mum and daughter walking through a forest
Mum and daughter walking through a forest

Unemployed absent fathers who refuse to take up work experience offers should be stripped of their benefits, a report has recommended.


Policy Exchange has called for a job placement programme, similar to the controversial scheme that last month sparked accusations that young people were being forced into "slave labour", to be created for welfare claimants who do not live with their children.

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