Tory minister Chris Grayling has made another major gaffe, telling the jobless to get a job as a postman over Christmas to help “give you an idea of the kind of career you want”.
With Britain’s 2.57 million unemployed (at a 17 year high) the Royal Mail has seen their 18,000 Christmas vacancies inundated by 80,000 applications already.
The jobs are minimum wage of £6.08 an hour and would cost applicants their Jobseeker’s Allowance if they worked more than 16 hours a week. They would have to reapply after Christmas… then wait about 10 days for the benefit to start again.
Posted on October 30th, 2011 by Paul
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