Making Welfare Work Those in Need Should Not Suffer From Benefit Reform
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THERE is a fragile relationship between claimants of incapacity benefit and the world of work. The challenge for the government in attempting to reform the system was always going to be how to introduce enough incentives to get many claimants back to work without either penalising the vulnerable or branding all claimants as scroungers. It is worth remembering that the previous time the Blair government attempted to meddle with disability benefits, 67 of its own backbenchers rebelled and the ranks of this awkward squad have swollen in the meantime.
The government's solution to incapacity benefit (IB) has been to develop a package that emphasises carrots rather than sticks by accentuating the positive. The new system will be predicated on a person's abilities, not their disabilities. Early trials of this [GBP]360m Pathways to Work scheme, including one in Renfrewshire, have been wellreceived. Some of the Labour rebels from 1999 were quick to praise yesterday's green paper as enlightened and progressive.See the full content of this document
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Making Welfare Work Those in Need Should Not Suffer From Benefit Reform
The goal is ambitious: to cut one million from the 2.7 million people relying on IB. In Glasgow, that is the equivale...
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