Great Britain: the government coalition’s social program

In answering this question, there is a need to stress the balance between change and continuity. So while there are many changes (see below), these are relatively minor ones and they take place on the basis of cross-party consensus on the bigger and broader issues so that the foundation for the labour market and employment relations remains very much unchanged. Having said that, the changes outlined below will, nonetheless, bring about some fairly immediate and significant revisions.
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nges (see below), these are relatively minor ones and they take place on the basis of cross-party consensus on the bigger and broader issues so that the foundation for the labour market and employment relations remains very much unchanged. Having said that, the changes outlined below will, nonetheless, bring about some fairly immediate and significant revisions.

In terms of welfare, the unemployed claiming benefits will be referred to the welfare-to-work programme immediately (and not after six

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