UK: PLANS TO MODERNISE BENEFIT SYSTEM

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David Blunkett, Secretary of State for Education and Employment, has outlined the government's long-term agenda for reforming the benefits system. He suggested that the state might no longer pay people who are out of work. He argued that families should help relatives who fall into difficulties. The state should provide equality of opportunity but it may not be possible to pay people who are out of work. He also announced immediate measures to make it easier for people out of work to take jobs. They can draw benefits while doing a temporary job and receive further help getting to interviews. The jobseekers allowance will make it easier to claim for people after a brief period of temporary work.

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UK: FIRMS IN NORTHEAST ARE OPTIMISTIC

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Companies in the Northeast of the UK have become the country's biggest optimists, despite concerns over the economic divide, according to a regional survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Employment figures in the Northeast also rose by 11,000 in the 12 months to September 1999, with unemployed claimants falling by 4,900 to just 6.9% of the workforce. The survey also states that business optimism in Northern Ireland and Wales far outweighed that in London and the Southeast.

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UK: YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS OLD, OVERLOADED

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A report by an independent research organisation has revealed that young people under the age of 30 are feeling immense pressures at work and have very little time for enjoyment outside of the work place. The study also revealed that younger people are more likely to seek professional advice in times of crisis and that members of the male population are marginally more content with life than females, but both sexes hold the same views about workload.

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