A busy week at the Department for Work and Pensions
Well done IDS
Well done IDS
Scapegoating benefit claimants allows the government to deflect attention from its own economic failures, and to make more ideologically motivated cuts
The government urgently needs to improve its youth welfare and training schemes
Benefit sanction rates are already at record levels
Removing housing benefit will make it harder for young people to start work
‘Tough love’ is not the right tactic for children and disabled people who depend on benefits
George Osborne has said a further £25bn spending cut will be coming after the next election, much of which will hit disabled people
Another report into the punitive sanctions system shows geographical variations in the number of jobseekers being cut off
Without the safety net of a welfare system, many under-25s have no other means of supporting themselves.
Some of the criticism of Labour’s welfare plans is misplaced.