Carson assumed responsibility for running welfare in central Indianapolis, and instituted a workfare program. The Coalition government have also implemented workfare programmes for the long term unemployed. The UK campaign group Boycott Workfare lists them as a participant in Workfare. The discount retailer Poundland's participation in a workfare scheme has been controversial. The poster appeared to highlight the benefits of free labour through work experience, called Workfare. Workfare schemes in the UK are controversial. Workfare is a scheme where participation in activities is a requirement for obtaining social benefits. In early 2012, Solidarity Federation initiated a national campaign against workfare. He also opposed the Conservative government's Immigration Bill and retrospective legislation on workfare. A myriad of contemporary workfare schemes exist, or existed until quite recently. The theoretical concerns surrounding throffers have been practically applied concerning workfare programmes. This makes CalWORKs a form of workfare. Instead, Helms supported the replacement of food stamps with workfare. The Workfare program was dropped by the government in 2017. The Green Party of England and Wales has also voiced its opposition to workfare.