Sentence examples for stop benefit from inspiring English sources

THIS week Harriet Harman, the social-security secretary, floated the idea of an "affluence test" to stop benefit payments to the better-off.

In order to stop benefit tourism, the British government fences these payments off behind a tough, UK-devised test called "right to reside", which is pretty fierce, but which does not apply to British nationals at all.

We would disagree with Mr Duncan Smith, came the reply: the European Commission is convinced that a systematic and careful application of the habitual residence test is a powerful tool to prevent benefit tourism.Well hang on, I said to the DWP, in Brussels the commission is saying that the habitual residence test is enough to stop benefit tourism.

A separate survey of 130 Trussell food banks found that 83% reported that "sanctioning" – when job centres stop benefit payments to claimants for at least a month as a punishment for breaches of benefit conditions such a missing a job interview – was causing rising numbers to turn to charity food.

We will NOT stop illegal immigration, we will NOT stop benefit fraud, unless we also eliminate cash, we will NOT stop opportunistic or impulse crime of any kind and we will NOT make any dent in terrorism - there are no credible mechanisms in which ID cards could have an impact in these areas.

David Cording, the deputy chief executive of Crimestoppers, told the BBC that working closely with the government for the first time would help stop benefit fraud as it had in other areas of crime.

Britain and Ireland stood alone in opening their markets to all, though even they adopted rules to stop benefit-seekers, and Britain created a registration scheme.

Several governments want to keep freedom of movement in the EU, but to stop benefits tourism.

At the same time, he said, you also "stop benefiting from things you did a long time ago".

First is a four-year bar on benefits, including in-work benefits, being claimed by migrants from the rest of the EU, to stop "benefits tourism".

The new minister also voted for the bedroom tax and against a plan to stop benefits being eroded by rising prices.