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Incapacity Benefit Reforms - The Green Paper


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Here is the link to the full green paper, as promised: (it is a PDF & you can get it by clicking on the red link at the bottom of this post)

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A new deal for welfare

The Government announced a radical reform of the welfare state on Tuesday (January 24) with the publication of its welfare reform green paper: A new deal for welfare: Empowering people to work.

In setting out plans to achieve an 80 percent employment rate for people of working age, the paper proposes:

  • reforming incapacity benefits

  • a £360 million roll out of Pathways to Work across the country by 2008

  • extending support to lone parents and older workers

  • reforming housing benefit

  • transforming support for people living in our cities, and

  • delivering support to meet the needs of everyone

Read the press release

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