Picking fruit is more fun than you think, jobseekers told

subsidised home in the countryside

In other words, you’ll be sharing a room with three strangers out in the middle of nowhere.

I actually had to share a room during my masters, so I can say that it’s not actually as terrible as it sounds.

Nonetheless, calling a bunk a “subsidized home” is a bit dishonest. Accommodation isn’t guaranteed to be fully subsidized either.

The Department for Work and Pensions said guidance to jobcentre advisers “will help them debunk myths about seasonal work and help them explain what the roles entail to claimants”.

It isn’t Jeremy Corbyn who wants to re-educate urbanites by sending them out to do hard work in the countryside...

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