Abolish some benefits for a simpler system, toughen elegibility conditions for the unemployed, improve benefits for disabled people...the reform of the social benefits announced by the Minister of Labor is ambitious. A public consultation was open. (Ref. 080615)
On July 21, 2008, James Purnell, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, unveiled the government’s new social policy. The watchword is “more support in return for greater responsibility.” The Minister explained: “We propose a simpler benefit system that rewards responsibility, gives people the incentive to do the right thing and ends the injustice of people being written off on benefits for life without any hope of getting the support they need to get back to work. We will help people find wo
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