Tories propose restricting benefit spending on alcohol and cigarettes
The Conservatives have proposed preventing long-term unemployed people from using benefits to buy alcohol and cigarettes. The proposals would also reduce benefits for people considered able to work who have failed to keep a job, according to BBC Politics. The supplied report does not provide further details about how the restrictions would operate.
The Conservatives have proposed preventing long-term unemployed people from spending benefits on alcohol and cigarettes.
The proposals would also cut benefits for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job, according to BBC Politics.
The supplied report does not specify the proposed enforcement method, the size of any reductions, or when the measures would take effect.
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How much benefit spending would the proposals affect, and what would happen to the money withheld?
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