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Welfare reform green paper: threats and punishment won’t work
by Neil Bateman The welfare reform green paper (published on 21 July) contains yet more proposals for toughening up the benefits system. It seems there is no turning back when it comes to these ideas...
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Is Duncan-Smith benefits plan an end to Conservative welfare bashing?
by Simon HengIt’s party conference season, and, not so long ago, we could rely on the Conservative Party conference to produce some headline-grabbing speeches bashing all of us benefits claimants. We...
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Children will suffer if parents are forced into low-paid jobs
Parents forced into work will not be pulled out of poverty by low-paid jobs and their children will suffer by their absenceby Bob HolmanGovernment minister Stephen Timms wants both parents in poor...
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Welfare Reform Bill is blot on social care landscape
by Peter BeresfordOnly a matter of weeks to go now for the consultation on the social care green paper: Care, Support, Independence: Shaping the future of care together. But I won’t be the first...
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