Work and pensions secretary said 75% of jobseekers mediate benefit sanctions believe helped them ‘focus and get on’Labour is to challenge Iain Duncan Smith’s claim that 75% of jobseekers mediate benefit sanctions believe helped them “focus and get on” by lodging a complaint with the official statistics watchdog.
Owen Smith,the shadow work and pensions secretary, said he would write to Duncan Smith challenging him to back up the “groundless” figure and refer the matter to the UK Statistics Authority for investigation.
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Source: theguardian.com