Some people remain on the benefit due to lack of needed skills or access to a vehicle.
Re your leader article on immigrant workers brought in to do jobs our local workers won't do".
A friend of mine on a Job Seeker benefit says he should have been on a sickness benefit and was desperate to find a job since the benefit was inadequate.
I was with
him in WINZ.
We looked at a list of 10 job vacancies and found three needed computer skills (he has none) and six needed a car.
PS To apply for a job here, one now has to do this online, not in person.
