Alcoholics face having their benefits docked if they do not get treatment, under government plans.
Minister James Purnell has announced a review into the idea to be carried out jointly by the Department of Health and Department for Work and Pensions.
This once again highlights the governments attack on the benefits system pandering to the likes of the Daily Mail.
Alcoholism is an illness and it is simplistic to think that people will simply stop drinking because their benefits are risk. The real risk is that those who cannot stop drinking could end up on the streets through lack of income.
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