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The GuardianPeople on benefits who are fined in court could face a fivefold increase in the amount docked from their weekly payments to cover the penalty, David Cameron will announce on Saturday as the government response to the riots is intensified.
Under the plans, the maximum weekly payment taken from benefit payments to pay off fines will rise from £5 to £25.
Cameron has been pressing hard for a series of measures to crack down on benefit recipients who commit crimes in the wake of the disturbances. Figures from the Ministry of Justice showed that more than a third of those who appeared in court after the riots were on benefits, including more than 200 on disability benefits.
Cameron will say in Perth: "People need to understand if they commit a crime they will face the consequences. The system as it stands at the moment is far too soft and does not send the right signal.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/29/criminals-benefits-docked-pay-fines
The 1996 welfare reform bill in the US
banned people with felony warrants or parole/probation violators from public benefits and
threw convicted felons off the rolls for life.