but let me just make one more point. 90% of people on jsa to find a job before the end of the year and we are going to be introducing the work program to make sure we all but three but the find a job as quickly as possible. so i hope this policy will have little effect as possible but nonetheless because the link of jsa housing benefit incentives to work i think it's worth some pursuing. >> that has quite a lot of effect because in the red book it is proposed the first 110 million in the year and 110 million the year after. it is not a small amount of money. you are looking perhaps to lessen the tax for one going to work because once someone has been out of work they lose 10% of their housing benefit. regardless of whether in that year they moved house to find some were cheaper. so we may have a position of someone who's done everything the governor has asked them, they have signed up for work, they are on jsa, yes, pilat appointments, they have gone to all of their interviews, applied to hundreds of jobs and with the best will in the world they have not been able to find a job. now th

and in other words, more people are going to go on to jsa's.his will create a welfare system that encourages people to seek work and reduce costs to the taxpayer. in each year, fewer people are expected to be on both of these out of work benefits than in the june forecast. i can also tell the forecasts that they have now recalculated estimates for the reduction in headcount in the public sector. in june the forecast of the reduction in headcount of 490,000 over the next four years. in the latest forecast assessment bridgette assessment has come down to 160,000 reduction. -- and the latest forecast the assessment has downtown 160,000. the heck are reduction still need to take place and will happen over four years. the forecast is private sector job creation will far outweigh the reduction and public-sector employment. it is in line with the employment trends in the 1990's. the most important point is this. the lesson of what is happening all around us in europe is that that unless we deal decisively with a record budget deficit, many thousands o

and in other words, more people are going to go on to jsa's. this will create a welfare system that encourages people to seek work and reduce costs to the taxpayer. in each year, fewer people are expected to be on both of these out of work benefits than in the june forecast. i can also tell the forecasts that they have now recalculated estimates for the reduction in headcount in the public sector. in june the forecast of the reduction in headcount of 490,000 over the next four years. in the latest forecast assessment bridgette assessment has come down to 160,000 reduction. -- and the latest forecast the assessment has downtown 160,000. the heck are reduction still need to take place and will happen over four years. the forecast is private sector job creation will far outweigh the reduction and public-sector employment. it is in line with the employment trends in the 1990's. the most important point is this. the lesson of what is happening all around us in europe is that that unless we deal decisively with a record budget deficit, many thousands