Welfare & Employment
United Future believes that work is a good, for society and for individuals. Having a job boosts self-esteem and a sense of personal dignity.
United Future's position is to:
- Support the work of the Mayoral Taskforce that encourages all young people under 25 who are not at school to either be 'earning or learning' (i.e. in some form of education/training or work).
- Ensure that sickness and invalids beneficiaries seek treatment for their incapacity where this is appropriate as a condition of their benefit, and make funding available to provide treatment where it is likely to hasten their return to work.
- Ensure that jobseekers have access to vacancies in other regions, and increase relocation grants for those who have to move to take up employment