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The state should intervene further to help drug and alcohol addicts recover and make them employable in future, a senior cabinet minister will say.
In a speech to Alcoholics Anonymous, Iain Duncan Smith will argue that addicts who are unable to work are being let down by the welfare system.
The BBC understands removing benefits from people refusing treatment will be an option but a "hypothetical" one.
One drug charity said such a move would set a "dangerous precedent".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18172102
In a speech to Alcoholics Anonymous, Iain Duncan Smith will argue that addicts who are unable to work are being let down by the welfare system.
The BBC understands removing benefits from people refusing treatment will be an option but a "hypothetical" one.
One drug charity said such a move would set a "dangerous precedent".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18172102