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PM proposes poverty 'contracts' PM proposes poverty 'contracts'
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Gordon Brown wants to see poor families paid extra benefits if they take on work or skills training.Gordon Brown wants to see poor families paid extra benefits if they take on work or skills training.
In a speech to Welsh Labour's annual conference in Llandudno, Mr Brown will call for a "contract" between the government and the worst-off families. During his first visit to Wales as PM, he will call for a "contract" between government and the worst-off families.
He is examining a New York scheme which offers cash incentives to encourage people back into work and education.He is examining a New York scheme which offers cash incentives to encourage people back into work and education.
He will say people must do what they can to take up work and acquire the skills needed to become employed. Mr Brown will tell Welsh Labour's Llandudno conference that people must do what they can to take up work and acquire the skills to become employed.
Employment Minister Stephen Timms will travel to the US to see if parts of the scheme, called Opportunity NYC, can be imported to the UK.Employment Minister Stephen Timms will travel to the US to see if parts of the scheme, called Opportunity NYC, can be imported to the UK.
The programme gives money to people in poor inner-city areas in return for them staying in work or enrolling in training.The programme gives money to people in poor inner-city areas in return for them staying in work or enrolling in training.
It sees some of the city's poorest families paid about £1,000 a year for up to three years.It sees some of the city's poorest families paid about £1,000 a year for up to three years.
Pilot schemesPilot schemes
Extra payments are added if parents agree, for example, to oversee the behaviour of wayward children, or even to stop smoking or improve their diet if there are health concerns.Extra payments are added if parents agree, for example, to oversee the behaviour of wayward children, or even to stop smoking or improve their diet if there are health concerns.
The government is expected to announce a series of pilot schemes, concentrating initially on the employment and training sections of the US experiment.The government is expected to announce a series of pilot schemes, concentrating initially on the employment and training sections of the US experiment.
Mr Brown will say: "We're just halfway there to the opportunity revolution our country needs.Mr Brown will say: "We're just halfway there to the opportunity revolution our country needs.
"An opportunity revolution to drive social mobility forward - which is the great mission of the next decade.""An opportunity revolution to drive social mobility forward - which is the great mission of the next decade."
He will say that the government must ensure that work pays for families with children in poverty.He will say that the government must ensure that work pays for families with children in poverty.