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Waiting in the wings
- Author:
- HATCHETT Will
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.7.91, 1991, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Talks to Tom Clarke MP about his late lamented Disabled Persons Act, and the future of disability benefits under a future Labour Government
New ambitions, old dreams - the green paper on welfare reform
- Author:
- GRAY Jim
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, 252, June 1998, pp.91-94.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
The author scrutinises the Government's green paper, 'A new contract for welfare', and laments the demise of the "cradle to the grave" philosophy which underpinned the welfare state from its inception.
Fit for purpose: the reform of incapacity benefit
- Authors:
- STANLEY Kate, MAXWELL Dominic
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report maintains that incapacity benefit has become a barrier to work. Claimants must demonstrate that they are incapable of work and therefore risk losing their benefit if they look for a job. Yet at the same time they are required to attend work focussed interviews. The report also finds the benefit is failing to ensure a decent standard of living for people with a health problem or disability who cannot work, with the average payment totalling just over £4,200 a year. The report recommends a new active welfare reform strategy in which incapacity benefit is replaced by: a flat rate ‘Earnings Replacement Allowance’ - de-coupling disability from incapacity as well as removing the incentive to move off Jobseeker’s Allowance and the incentive to stay on incapacity benefit longer to qualify for extra cash; mandatory action agreements - negotiated between well-trained Personal Advisers and claimants; and an enhanced Disability Living Allowance – to ensure that the extra costs of living with a health problem or disability can be met.
Pathways to work: helping people into employment
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This White Paper sets out a coherent way of supporting people moving onto incapacity benefits. It is based around increasing financial incentives to return to work, a better support and referral programme and rehabilitation projects to help people manage their conditions. It seeks to give support for people who have to move from an incapacity benefit to a jobseekers allowance. These all combine to create a wider ranging package of choices for those on incapacity benefit.
Pathways to work: helping people into employment; summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This summary document sets out a coherent way of supporting people moving onto incapacity benefits. It is based around increasing financial incentives to return to work, a better support and referral programme and rehabilitation projects to help people manage their conditions. It seeks to give support for people who have to move from an incapacity benefit to a jobseekers allowance. These all combine to create a wider ranging package of choices for those on incapacity benefit.