Speaking in Wales earlier today, the Prime Minister said that the "benefit bonus" payments would be handed to deprived parents to allow families to escape "the daily injustices of poverty" as part of what he termed the Opportunity Revolution.
The PM said:
"Today - for individual families to escape the daily injustices of poverty - I propose new Contracts out of Poverty.
"Matching new opportunities to support their children with new responsibilities to take up work, to acquire new skills, to make the most of their lives. Support for parents who undergo a skills audit and take up training to improve their job prospects.
"Ensuring that work pays and is a route out of poverty for couples and lone parents.
"Individual contracts between families and government showing in this generation the power of opportunity to change lives for good."
Under the plans, alongside extra cash for getting a job and re-training, people could be rewarded for ensuring children attend school and visit the dentist regularly.
They could also get windfalls for attending parents' evenings and helping out at schools.
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