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IDS: Staying on benefits 'irrational choice'

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The government is aiming to strip unemployed people of their benefits for up to three years if they turn down work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith outlines the aims of the coalition's wide-ranging welfare reforms.


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