More seek benefit
By DEBORAH McPherson Seasonal freezing work shutdowns and rapidly growing unemployment in Christchurch have caused Social Welfare unemployment benefit applications to rise to 452 this month. Unemployment bene-
fit applications rose on June 3 to more than 100 above the weekly average, said the assistant director of benefits and pensions, Mr Cliff Money, yesterday. Mr Money said the growth in unemployment was reflected “across the benefits.”' In May, applications
for the domestic purposes benefit increased to 54 a week, 20 per cent more than at the corresponding time last year. With high unemployment, more relationships tended to break up through related stress and financial problems, he said.
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