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AN UNEMPLOYED gardener took his own life after he became worn down by Job Centre visits.

Martin Hadfield, 20, is said to have refused benefits while he desperately searched for work since he was made redundant in April last year. But despite applying for around 40 jobs in the space of three months, he failed to get any response for almost every application. The rejections have been blamed on employers choosing less-skilled and cheaper workers and Martin increasingly felt disillusioned about his future.Just 24 hours after a Job Centre meeting, he was found by his flatmate hanged in their home in Tottington, Greater Manchester. An inquest today confirmed the cause of his death as suicide.His stepfather Peter O’Gorman said today: “Martin was the kind of guy who was industrious but too proud to tell us if anything was wrong. On the day he died his mum gave him some money for the bus home and instead he walked the 5 miles home and saved it for something important. That was the kind of boy he was, hardworking and with so much potential.”His mother Annie, a former prison officer, put Martin’s death down to “a tragic moment of madness” as he was not able to discuss his problems.

Martin left school with GCSEs and achieved NVQ qualifications as well as working as a car valet and a landscape gardener. He found it difficult to adjust to life without working and earning his own money.

Peter said: “Martin was heartbroken by it and heartbroken every time he walked passed the gardens he used to tend and see them in disrepair. He took such pride in his work. He wasn’t fussy, he would have taken anything just to be working and on the employment ladder. But I have heard from so many people that the job centre experience is very demoralising. The bureaucracy is ridiculous.”

Peter added: “Martin never claimed any money or benefits in his life as parents we could help him out until he got on his feet. He got nothing off the government and was proud not to. He hated the idea of going to the job centre because he had heard what so many other his age had said. Many people go in with a sense of self-worth – they really do want a job – but come out feeling demoralised and putdown.”

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Labour market statistics. The real figures in U.K

Introduction of Universal Credit

The Claimant Count estimates do not yet include claimants of Universal Credit. ONS is working with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to include jobseeker Universal Credit claims in the Claimant Count statistics as soon as possible.

This is a key statement when looking at the figures featured
Note that this is based on the Job Seeker Allowance figures not Universal Credit figures

Labour Market figures 2014

The latest figures look good but there is a concern remaining about the 0 hrs contract.
The use of the Food Banks continue to remain high. Take note also that JSA is the highlighted benefit and not Universal Credit. Thus figures may be higher if those on Universal Credit are included

Growth in GDP and Food Banks at the same time

The mystery of the diversity of our economy is that as the growth occurs so does the demand on the Food Banks.The figures speak for themselves as does the need. So if you are wondering if you are alone in the need you are not.
A politically interesting time

Food Banks and Welfare Reforms

The BBC article highlights a massive issue.
Food Banks require referral. Referral from places like Job Centre Plus advisers.
Therefore by definition there is a clear link between Sanctions, delays in payments and the increase in the use of the Food Bank
The recent series of " Benefit Street " highlighted the use of the Food Bank. Its use.
There is an argument that the Food Bank is one of the fastest growing chain of support in the U.K. Or to put it another way, If the Food Bank was a business that you could invest in it would attract interest from the City. An irony of the Social Reform situation.

"A food bank charity says it has handed out 913,000 food parcels in the last year, up from 347,000 the year before.

The Trussell Trust said a third were given to repeat visitors but that there was a "shocking" 51% rise in clients to established food banks. It said benefit payment delays were the main cause.

In a letter to ministers, more than 500 clergy say the increase is "terrible".

The government said there was no evidence of a link between welfare reforms and the use of food banks.

However, the Trussell Trust, the largest food bank provider in the UK, said benefits payments had been a particular problem since welfare changes were introduced just over a year ago.

Some 83% of food banks reported that benefits sanctions - when payments are temporarily stopped - had resulted in more people being referred for emergency food.

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And more than 30% of visits were put down to a delay in welfare payments.

The second biggest reason, given by 20% of food bank users, was low income.

"In the last year, we've seen things get worse, rather than better, for many people on low incomes," said Chris Mould, chairman of the Trussell Trust.

In all, 913,000 people received three days of emergency food supplies in the past 12 months.

But more than a third of those cases represented repeat visits. Some of the increase was also down to extra food banks opening.

Andy, a 47 year-old unemployed electrician, applied for jobseeker's allowance (JSA) a week ago, but has not heard when the money will come through.

In the meantime, he has been referred to a food bank near his home in Hackney in north London.

"If I didn't come here, there wouldn't be any food for me tonight. It's the system. But I don't understand why there's a gap," he told the BBC.

Andy was sent away with two shopping bags of pasta, rice, vegetables, biscuits and juice.

The clergy from all major dominations, who include Archbishop of Wales Barry Morgan and several senior Church of England bishops, describe the increase in the use of Trussell Trust food banks as "terrible", in a letter to the government.

They insist it does not give a full picture of hunger in the UK because it does not include people who are too ashamed to use food banks and others who are cutting the size of meals.

They called on ministers to co-operate with an inquiry into the causes of hunger, led by the Bishop of Truro Tim Thornton.

A public vigil will be held on Wednesday night in Westminster to highlight the issue.

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The government denies that welfare payments are a problem.

"There is no robust evidence that welfare reforms or benefit administration are linked to increased use of food banks," said a spokeswoman for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

She also maintained that the amount of time taken to process payments had improved.

Some 92% of payments were now made within the target time of 16 days, a 6% improvement on the time taken five years ago, she told the BBC.

But an additional problem since April 2013 has been the abolition of DWP-funded crisis loans, designed to cover short-term emergencies.

Responsibility for these loans has been devolved to local authorities, which can make them harder to access.

Short-term advances, as they are known, are still available through job centres for people awaiting benefit payments. But many claimants - including Andy - are not always made aware of them.

Other people have their payments stopped, sometimes because they have missed an appointment, or have lost paperwork.

"We're often surprised by the length of sanctions people get," said Liza Cucco, the manager of the Hackney food bank.

"If someone is late for an appointment, I'm not sure it's reasonable to block their payments for four to six weeks,"