Submitted by Venkata Patchamatla on Saturday 29th November 2025
Published on Monday 19th January 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 19th July 2026
Current Signatures: 77
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Tagged with
active ~ Benefits ~ Contributions ~ Council ~ council tax ~ Create ~ Encouraging ~ Families ~ fund ~ Genuine ~ Housing ~ independence ~ Lack ~ Lift ~ mutual ~ Poverty ~ search ~ skills ~ system ~ Tax ~ taxpayers ~ time limit ~ Trap ~ Universal Credit ~ Universities ~ Welfare ~ work
Put time limits on claiming housing & welfare benefits and require job-seeking
Introduce time limits on claiming combined housing subsidies, council tax support and Universal Credit for all able-bodied working-age adults. Require active job-seeking and skills development for all able-bodied working-age adults who claim housing and welfare benefits.
Taxpayers fund welfare, but many do not see a pathway encouraging recipients towards independence. Without time limits, those receiving benefits may lack motivation to transition into work. Time-bound support with job-search requirements could create mutual benefit: recipients could gain skills and self-sufficiency, while working families may see contributions create genuine pathways out of poverty rather than permanent dependency. We believe the system should lift people up, not trap them.
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