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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. |
| During his first visit to Wales as PM, he will call for a "contract" between 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 to encourage people back into work and education. | |
| For the Tories, Chris Grayling said Mr Brown was "chasing headlines" after warning last month of benefits cuts for those who refused training. | |
| Later 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. | |
| Wayward children | |
| 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. |
| Once again he's chasing headlines by latching on to a scheme in New York that has only just started, and no one yet knows if it works Chris GraylingConservatives | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 'Great mission' | |
| 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. |
| But Mr Grayling, the shadow secretary for work and pensions, said: "Last month Gordon Brown wanted contracts and benefit cuts for those who refuse training. | |
| "This month he says he wants contracts and benefit increases for those who accept training. | |
| "Once again he's chasing headlines by latching on to a scheme in New York that has only just started, and no one yet knows if it works." | |
| The Conservatives have also pledged to adopt a New York "workfare" scheme which forces the long-term unemployed to do community work for their benefits. |