Labour today calls for a compulsory jobs guarantee for Britain's 129,000 long-term unemployed adults.
However, Ed Balls, the Shadow Chancellor, makes clear that along with the carrot, there is a stick.
While there would be a job for every adult who was long-term unemployed, they would be obliged to take up the jobs or lose their benefits.
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