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    Poundland are exploiting both the unemployed and the taxpayer in UK, with the collaboration of the Con-Dem government. Poundland are benefitting from free labour by offering the unemployed 4 weeks unpaid work experience under the Mandatory Work Activity (MWA) scheme, and it does not cost Poundland a penny! Private contractors like Ingeus and JHP Group are being paid by the Con-Dem government - with UK taxpayers money - to source the work placements with Poundland. This is workfare!

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    Poundland are exploiting both the unemployed and the taxpayer in UK, with the collaboration of the Con-Dem government. Poundland are benefitting from free labour by offering the unemployed 4 weeks unpaid work experience under the Mandatory Work Activity (MWA) scheme, and it does not cost Poundland a penny! Private contractors like Ingeus and JHP Group are being paid by the Con-Dem government - with UK taxpayers money - to source the work placements with Poundland. This is workfare!

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    Poundland are exploiting both the unemployed and the taxpayer in UK, with the collaboration of the Con-Dem government. Poundland are benefitting from free labour by offering the unemployed 4 weeks unpaid work experience under the Mandatory Work Activity (MWA) scheme, and it does not cost Poundland a penny! Private contractors like Ingeus and JHP Group are being paid by the Con-Dem government - with UK taxpayers money - to source the work placements with Poundland. This is workfare!

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    The unemployed are forced to work for Poundland for 4 weeks - in what the Con-Dem government call the

    Mandatory Work Activity (MWA) scheme in return for their benefits. Based on a 35-hour week that works out at 1.93 @ hour! Poundland does not a pay a penny - not even their travel expenses or money for a lunch break. Poundland get free labour, increased profits and you - the taxpayer - pay the bill.

    HOW DOES THIS TAXPAYER SCAM WORK?


    The jobcentre sends the unemployed to providers like Ingeus and JHP Group. When the provider has secured a unpaid work placement for the unemployed at Poundland, the provider is paid a fee. And that fee comes from your taxes! Poundland, which saw profits rise from 15.3m in 2008 to 30.1m in 2010, is majority owned by private US equity company Warburg Pincus. Wouldnt you rather see your taxes going towards building more schools and hospitals instead of increasing the profits of Poundland who exploit both the unemployed and the taxpayer?
    Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty: http://www.edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk

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