Labour tries to trump Tories with benefits crackdown plan

Jobless to take tests after six weeks under Labour, but are both parties just 'fiddling at the margins'?

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LABOUR has been warned against entering a "bash-a-scrounger war" with the Tories after pledging to remove unemployment benefits from those who fail basic skills test and refuse training.

The opposition party has revealed plans to make the unemployed sit English, maths and computer skills tests within six weeks of first claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA).

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