War on drunks!

On Monday the Government plans to unveil a Green Paper (a report that is the first step towards changing the law) which will contain within it a plans to ban alcoholics from receiving welfare benefits unless they go dry.

Work and pensions secretary James Purnell will say “we want a work culture not a welfare culture” in Britain and that those who refuse to give up drink will be cut off from all dole, forcing them onto the streets.