Yeah, it&#x27;s worked out pretty badly in the UK.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Workfare_in_the_United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Workfare_in_the_United_Kingdom</a>
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;R_%28Reilly%29_v_Secretary_of_State_for_Work_and_Pensions" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;R_%28Reilly%29_v_Secretary_of_...</a><p>(the latter is particularly odious; having been told by a court that it owed people £130m in back-dated benefits, the government <i>retroactively changed the law</i> to avoid paying them. This is almost certainly a human rights violation but that litigation has not finished yet).