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Workshy Britain: How 1.75m jobless have been on benefits for five years By JAMES CHAPMAN

The revelation that 1.75m people have been on benefits for at least five years has fueled fears that Labour has created a 'Shameless' generation, after the Channel 4 TV show Almost 1.75million adults have spent the past five years out of work and relying on benefits, alarming figures reveal.In a sign of the depth of Britain’s worklessness crisis, 1,749,770 people have been receiving one of the three main out-of-work handouts since 2005.They have been continuously claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, Incapacity Benefit or Income Support, in some cases while receiving other benefits.The figures will fuel fears that Labour has cultivated a ‘Shameless’ generation – after the TV show about a fictional council estate – that is dependent on the state, with joblessness being passed on from parents to children.Ministers said the figures were shocking evidence of endemic worklessness in many areas of the country, with whole communities suffering from a culture of welfare dependency.The figures were revealed as Chancellor George Osborne prepares to unveil further deep cuts in welfare spending next month. The Coalition will say in next month’s comprehensive spending review that all those who are capable of work will be obliged to do so.Labour is accusing the Government of a ‘nasty’ attack on the most vulnerable.The Work and Pensions Department figures show some 4,870 people have continuously been on the headline unemployment benefit, Jobseeker’s Allowance, since 2005.Employment Minister Chris Grayling said: ‘These are people the last government fast-tracked onto a lifetime of benefit dependency.   Sent from my BlackBerry®powered by Sinyal Kuat INDOSAT