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Labour Adviser Calls for Radical Welfare Reform to Push Long-term Sick into Workforce

A prominent Labour adviser, Alan Milburn, has sparked controversy by suggesting that the long-term sick should be compelled to seek employment as a strategy to bolster the economy and mitigate the contentious debate over immigration. Milburn argues that this approach would not only alleviate welfare expenses but also counter the surge of right-wing populism by reducing dependency on immigrant labor. He highlights that a significant portion of those currently not in the workforce due to medical reasons express a desire to work, yet face barriers to employment without sufficient support or requirements to seek work. This proposal aims to transform the 'crazy' welfare system, emphasizing the need for reform to encourage economic participation among the long-term sick.

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‘Crazy’ welfare system needs reform, Labour adviser warns Government, as he says ‘force long-term sick into work’

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The long-term sick must be forced to look for work in order to reduce the country’s costly welfare bill and ‘toxic’ reliance on immigration, a key Labour adviser has warned.

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Texas Offers Trump 1,400 Acres for His Mass Deportation Dream

Officials in Texas have offered President-elect Trump a 1,400-acre ranch for his mass deportation plan.Dawn Buckingham, land commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, said in a letter to Trump Tuesday that her office was “fully prepared” to work with federal agencies that are going to be involved in Trump’s immigration plan, and specifically deportation.Buckingham offered Trump a 1,402-acre lot in Starr County. The lot is owned by the Texas General Land Office and is roughly 35 miles west of McAllen, Texas.She said the agency is ready to work with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or the U.S. Border Patrol to build a facility on the land for “the processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation’s history.”“I am committed to using every available means at my disposal to gain complete operational security of our border,” Buckingham wrote.The letter and offering of land were first reported by The Texas Tribune. Last month, the state bought the land along the U.S.-Mexico border and has plans to build a wall.In the letter, Buckingham criticized her predecessor for not allowing a border wall to be built on the property. Those actions “enabled cartel members and violent criminals to sexually abuse migrant women and children on this land,” she said.On Monday, Trump signaled he would declare an immigration national emergency and use military assets to support his mass deportation plan when he returns to office.

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