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Old 18-11-2017, 19:36   #1944
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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
The two are inextricably linked IMO and it was only discovered when the Office for National Statistics did a check.

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The first i've heard about Labour mooting the idea, but it is a good idea if done properly.

It was labour who introduced ESA to try and get more disabled people into employment and save money, but the Tories changed what it was from its original conception and it has consequently failed on both counts.
It's not the quality of the individual Decision Makers in this case. It would've happened under Labour.

From 2008 DWP report.
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6.6 Radical streamlining of the benefits system is not a new idea. The concept of reducing the number of working-age benefits has gained momentum in recent times. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), David Freud and others have proposed models for a single benefit. We believe that the idea of reducing the number of benefits has great merit – a radical, modernising reform to remove some of the complexity inherent in the current system.
And the 2 reports mentioned there were from 2007.

Many of the 2011 ESA changes were suggested in reviews of 2009/10, so would have taken place even if Labour got back in.
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