Sop313 Essay Work Route Out Of Poverty
Damien Russell
B00643639
Social Policy
SOP313
Poverty and Social Security
Is work a route out of poverty?
In recent years there has been much debate on the subject of work and is work the true route out of poverty? This piece of work will show both sides of the story as in how people look at the topic from government officials to the common person. It will look at policies that government have set to get people back to work. This piece of work will look at a number of different sources. There are many that still believe that staying on benefits is the best choice for them and there is much evidence to support this point as well, this point can be seen more and more in the last 7 or 8 years, there is a fear that the UK is going to lose a generation of workers. This is because in the last number of years with the economy down turn and the amount of cuts that the government has made, it has been very hard to come across work. The unemployment figure in the UK between “June-August was 1.97 million people now that has went down to154, 000 from the previous quarter and down 538,000 from the previous year”. Maguirem, et al (2013). New labour still believe that the way out of poverty is to get a job pay taxes and not to rely on the government. It has been seen that the government has the desire to put most of the “responsibility of unemployment onto the unemployed”. Giugni (2009).
The amount of policy’s that have been submitted to the government on unemployment in the last few years has been outstanding. One of the most recent policy’s has been on youth employment. Youth unemployment was at an all-time high in 2013 with 986,000 youths unemployed. It has dropped 253,000 in a year and now youth unemployed sits at 733,000 in Oct 2014. Youth unemployment statistics, (2014) This drop in unemployment has not stopped the government making policies cuts to the benefits that youths can acquire this can happen if they are not employed
B00643639
Social Policy
SOP313
Poverty and Social Security
Is work a route out of poverty?
In recent years there has been much debate on the subject of work and is work the true route out of poverty? This piece of work will show both sides of the story as in how people look at the topic from government officials to the common person. It will look at policies that government have set to get people back to work. This piece of work will look at a number of different sources. There are many that still believe that staying on benefits is the best choice for them and there is much evidence to support this point as well, this point can be seen more and more in the last 7 or 8 years, there is a fear that the UK is going to lose a generation of workers. This is because in the last number of years with the economy down turn and the amount of cuts that the government has made, it has been very hard to come across work. The unemployment figure in the UK between “June-August was 1.97 million people now that has went down to154, 000 from the previous quarter and down 538,000 from the previous year”. Maguirem, et al (2013). New labour still believe that the way out of poverty is to get a job pay taxes and not to rely on the government. It has been seen that the government has the desire to put most of the “responsibility of unemployment onto the unemployed”. Giugni (2009).
The amount of policy’s that have been submitted to the government on unemployment in the last few years has been outstanding. One of the most recent policy’s has been on youth employment. Youth unemployment was at an all-time high in 2013 with 986,000 youths unemployed. It has dropped 253,000 in a year and now youth unemployed sits at 733,000 in Oct 2014. Youth unemployment statistics, (2014) This drop in unemployment has not stopped the government making policies cuts to the benefits that youths can acquire this can happen if they are not employed