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Government ‘Way to Work’ rule change gives UC claimants no more than 4 weeks to search for work in their existing field
PLP is concerned about the Government’s ‘Way to Work’ rule change, which gives UC claimants no more than 4 weeks to search for work in their existing field. We think it will hurt freelancers (such as those in the creative industries). It increases the risk that more people will be sanctioned a lot sooner. Before the change, UC claimants had up to 3 months to look for work in their chosen profession.
The regulations implementing the change were made on 7 February 2022, without any prior consultation with the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC). The approach taken has been criticised as an abuse of the ‘urgency’ procedure by the SSAC, as well as a number of parliamentary committees.
It may be possible to challenge the regulations in Court by judicial review and we are ready to work with anyone worried about how the rule impacts them.
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