London, Sept 08: The British government is planning to sponsor a TV show where jobless people will be quizzed about why they are unemployed and what they were doing to get a job.

The government would pay 400,000 pounds (about USD 715) to the controversial host Jeremy Kyle for making the programme provisionally titled "Jeremy Kyle Gets Britain Working", reports mirror.co.uk. Another of Kyle`s shows has been described as "bear-baiting" after one guest headbutted another.

The Liberal Democrats` Don Foster said Sunday of the idea for the jobs show: "It adds insult to injury that they are using such a controversial figure and is further evidence of their lack of judgement."

A Work and Pensions spokesman said: "We work with lots of people to get our message across."

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