More funds needed for dole, say Greens

THE Government was warned yesterday that it will need to allocate more funding for dole payments this year due to the growing economic crisis.

More funds needed for dole, say Greens

Larger numbers of redundancies than expected have resulted in increased payments of unemployment benefit already this year.

Analysing the Social Welfare statistics released yesterday, the Green Party said the Government risks underestimating trends that will lead to higher social welfare expenditure this year.

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