Q&A: What will 'Help to Work' mean for claimants?
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Claimants may have to visit a job centre every day
The plan to help those out of work for more than two years was announced by George Osborne, the Chancellor, in September 2013, and took effect on 28 April 2014.
Mr Osborne said that people out of work for more than two years "were not going to be able to do nothing" for their benefits.
He also said he was not going to "leave the long-term unemployed behind".
But how will Help to Work be different from what happens at the moment?
Who will be affected by Help to Work?
What choice will claimants have?
How is this different to what happened previously?
Does the introduction of a new scheme mean the Work Programme is not working?
What would Labour do?
What do other countries do?