When suitable jobs are available, claimants must be expected to seek them. Neither the state nor the claimants can be complacent about the problem of the long-term unemployed. However, it serves no purpose for state officials to harass claimants to apply for jobs that do not exist. The state has a duty to ensure that work is provided to satisfy real needs, so there are no long-term unemployed.
The present perceived need to build more and more houses on precious green field sites is fuelled by endless large-scale immigration. If we were to stop immigration and put the process into reverse, the housing crisis would disappear.
Meanwhile, people with local roots must receive statutory preference over recent arrivals.