Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to announce an increase in the living wage, bringing it to £11 an hour from next April. He also intends to toughen sanctions on people who are on benefits who fail to look for work.

Susanna asks whether '[he's] simply announcing a policy that is already in place because [he] thinks it's a crowd pleaser.'

Jeremy Hunt says they 'do have the legal framework to impose those sanctions, the question is whether that actually happens.'

The Chancellor will later announce people on state benefits could have their payments reduced if they fail to look for work or refuse a job offer.

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