Tories target long-term jobless
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The Conservatives would adopt a US-style scheme to make the long-term unemployed work for their benefits.
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David Cameron is urged to shift to traditional Tory policies following a surge in the polls by Labour.
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Private firms and voluntary groups should run schemes to get people off benefits and into work, a report will say.
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said the Labour Party must try to improve people&#39;s lives by bolstering such policies as maternity benefits and better schools while maintaining economic stability to win a third term.
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Cash rewards for unemployed people who complete back-to-work training are likely to be extended by the government in the next phase of its welfare reform programme, ministers will indicate today
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The Conservative Party has promised to save Â£1.1bn a year by attacking "fat and bloated bureaucracy".
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Unemployment is to go back over a million in 2007, figures in Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report reveal.
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The UK must force people to work until age 70 or pay 57 billion pounds ($102 billion) a year more in taxes to maintain income for retirees, a study commissioned by Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government showed.
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Anyone who has been jobless for two years will be required to undertake a year-long programme of community work if they want to receive benefit payments, David Cameron will announce today, as the Tories move to establish a clear divide between them and Labour over welfare reform
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Tory leader to focus on widening gulf between rich and poor amid rumours of snap election.
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UK Conservatives press for restrictions on immigrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania ahead of EU entry.
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George Osborne commits the Tories to matching Labour's public spending for the next three years.
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The Tories will put tackling poverty at the heart of their next election campaign, the BBC learns.
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The Tory front bench will have to declare any family members working for them, party leader David Cameron says.
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David Cameron is facing renewed demands to commit the Tory party to a policy of tax cuts.
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Jobless people who cannot speak English will have to learn the language or face benefit cuts under new plans.
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced a long-term plan to battle homelessness Sunday, saying the problem affected one in 200 Australians and was getting worse.