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In the end, it seems that searching for jobs all day, all week, for quarter of a year, may be more counter-productive than effectual. Claimants like Crane and Pheby might be able to produce more applications, but they can't magically create jobs that don't exist. In just an afternoon of conversations with these people, the tension and frustration was palpable. They felt patronized and, crucially, utterly unmotivated. Forget any Paul Dacre headline about benefit fraudsters—there is nothing cushy about being unemployed under the current Coalition government."I applied to have my hours restricted because I have to look after my elderly mother, but that wasn't considered a good enough excuse since she doesn't qualify for in-house care."
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