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Welfare: an extra terrestrial view
Jon Snow blogs on the future of welfare amid the Coalition’s spending review and the reality that Britain is unable to house all its people.
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In a White Paper published today, the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, sets out his plans to cut Britain’s £192 billion benefits bill and unveil the new universal credit.
Unemployed claimants will face a strict ‘three strike’ policy which will see their benefits stripped for up to three years if they refuse the opportunity to work.
New welfare reforms for single parents come into force today. One charity has told Channel 4 News the changes are setting single parents up to fail.
As hundreds of incapacity benefits are reassessed under the government’s plan to reform the welfare system, Channel 4 News hears from a claimant worried that changes may affect his health.
Now or Never – the new Conservative refrain as they go hell for leather on major changes to public services.
Jon Snow blogs on the future of welfare amid the Coalition’s spending review and the reality that Britain is unable to house all its people.
Chancellor George Osborne signals a crackdown on the “out of control” welfare budget while announcing cuts of £4bn will be made to the bill in the spending review this autumn.
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