She says these beneficiaries are forced to borrow every time they needed to move house or buy or repair a household appliance. Steve Maharey accuses the government of using unemployed people as cheap labour in areas where it should be providing money for proper wages. New Zealand doesn't do much better. Statistics NZ reports than men's weekly earnings here are growing faster than women's. Gray points out that losing a job can remove a lot of the structures of support that men experienced through their workplace, and turns the heat up on already fragile families or relationships.
Violent crime includes murder, rape, sexual violation, assaults and aggravated burglary.
And while some of the reasons for more convictions are known, Mel Smith, Acting Secretary for Justice, says the reasons for the growth in serious crime have yet to be fully researched. WEEK Job Sharing and a reduced working week should be further investigated as an answer to unemployment. This was one of the main points Richard Randerson, the Anglican Social Responsibility Commissioner, made in his submission to the Employment Task Force. A new ethos should be established in companies. His ideas are developed in a special booklet produced by the New Economics Foundation.