Pointy head James Purnell the Department of Works and pensions is pressing ahead with his “you will work” ethic.
This relates to both politics and health so I will be posting it on the Politico and the NHS blog.
Bills and Legislation - Welfare Reform Bill
The summary of the bill is:
The Bill proposes to reform the welfare and benefit system to improve support and incentives for people to move from benefits into work. It contains measures to increase personal responsibility within the welfare system. It also proposes to encourage parental responsibility by introducing a requirement for joint birth registration and by amending the law relating to child support.
This relates to both politics and health so I will be posting it on the Politico and the NHS blog.
Bills and Legislation - Welfare Reform Bill
The summary of the bill is:
The Bill proposes to reform the welfare and benefit system to improve support and incentives for people to move from benefits into work. It contains measures to increase personal responsibility within the welfare system. It also proposes to encourage parental responsibility by introducing a requirement for joint birth registration and by amending the law relating to child support.
Key areas:
Reforms the benefits system by abolishing Income Support and moving all claimants on to either Jobseekers’ Allowance if they are well or Employment and Support Allowance if they are sick
Aligns the contribution conditions between Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker’s Allowance
Introduces a regime of benefit sanctions for non-attendance at Jobcentres
Requires job search by partners of benefit claimants
Abolishes Adult Dependency Increases in the Carer’s Allowance and Maternity Allowance
Introduces work-focused interviews for over-60s
Requires work-related activity in return for receipt of Employment and Support Allowance
Introduces a requirement for births to be registered jointly by both parents
Provides additional powers for the enforcement of child maintenance arrears.
Extracts from the explanatory document are:
‗Work for your benefit schemes‘will be piloted for long-term jobseekers who have received increasingly intensive support from Jobcentre Plus and specialist back-to-work providers.
They will give jobseekers the opportunity to develop their work skills through undertaking full time work-experience.
Work for your benefit schemes will also be piloted for some jobseekers who are likely to benefit from the scheme at an earlier stage of unemployment.
The schemes will be mandatory and aim to help jobseekers find sustained work in the open labour market. Some jobseekers are likely to face particular barriers due to the length of time they have been away from employment. Work for your benefit schemes will enable them to benefit from the opportunity to develop work habits and routines that they may not have experienced for some time.
Progression to Work‘group, for whom an immediate return to work is not appropriate, but is a genuine possibility with time, encouragement and support.
18. The intention is to establish a personalised conditionality regime which is tailored to the individual‘s circumstances, so that preparation for work becomes a natural progression rather than a sudden step up. The Bill includes provision that will ensure lone parents and partners of benefit recipients in the Progression to Work group are required to undertake action planning and work-related activities. These actions and activities are broadly defined to ensure they are appropriate to the needs and circumstances of each individual. In instances where work-related activity is identified which will improve their employment prospects, for example as a result of a skills health check, individuals may be directed to carry this out.
The document is 78 pages, so if you want to red it all click on this link and then on the subject that interest you.
It seems that the Gov is determined to abolish “proper” support to the sick and disabled and move everyone onto “employment” benefits.
“Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else.” Frederick Bastiat
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Angus Dei on all and sundry
NHS Behind the headlines
The schemes will be mandatory and aim to help jobseekers find sustained work in the open labour market. Some jobseekers are likely to face particular barriers due to the length of time they have been away from employment. Work for your benefit schemes will enable them to benefit from the opportunity to develop work habits and routines that they may not have experienced for some time.
Progression to Work‘group, for whom an immediate return to work is not appropriate, but is a genuine possibility with time, encouragement and support.
18. The intention is to establish a personalised conditionality regime which is tailored to the individual‘s circumstances, so that preparation for work becomes a natural progression rather than a sudden step up. The Bill includes provision that will ensure lone parents and partners of benefit recipients in the Progression to Work group are required to undertake action planning and work-related activities. These actions and activities are broadly defined to ensure they are appropriate to the needs and circumstances of each individual. In instances where work-related activity is identified which will improve their employment prospects, for example as a result of a skills health check, individuals may be directed to carry this out.
The document is 78 pages, so if you want to red it all click on this link and then on the subject that interest you.
It seems that the Gov is determined to abolish “proper” support to the sick and disabled and move everyone onto “employment” benefits.
“Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else.” Frederick Bastiat
Angus
Angus Dei on all and sundry
NHS Behind the headlines
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