Prime Minister David Cameron has set out 17 proposed reforms of the welfare state in a bid to find £10bn worth of spending cuts.
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6 Restricting income support and possibly child benefit to single mothers if they have three or more children. Cameron argues there are more than 150,000 people who have been claiming income support for more than a year who have three or more children and 57,000 who have four or more children.
7 Requiring benefit claimants to gain basic literacy and numeracy skills, and to prepare CVs in return for receiving jobseeker's allowance.
David Cameron's 17 welfare reform ideas...condensed
8 Requiring anyone on jobseeker's allowance to undertake full-time community work such as tidying up a local park.
9 Requiring anyone on employment support allowance to improve their medical condition in return for benefits, for example, taking free physiotherapy if suffering from a bad back.
10 Requiring 580,000 lone parents on out-of-work income support with children as young as three to prepare for work by attending job centres, writing a CV or learning new skills. The current age limit is five. At present, lone parents are only required to attend a jobcentre every three months.
11 Changing advice to local councils on their council house waiting list allocation policy to make it clearer they can prioritise local connections and those in work. Grant Shapps, the housing minister, will set out details in new communities department guidance.
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