There is a chance that not all long -term unemployed people will lose their benefits on January 1 next year. The De Wever government decided to stop unemployment benefits after two years, but computer problems and the fear of spinning the OCMWs are in danger of throwing a spanner in the works. Competent minister David Clarinval (MR) now suggests not to stop the benefits en masse on January 1, but to do that ‘phased’.

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