Tag Archives: Welfare reform

Values, fairness, entitlement and reform

The benefits and bonuses debates have provoked important questions about our values and the answers will be fundamental to any successful reform of the state and society. The magnitude of the challenges ahead requires us to ask searching questions about … Continue reading

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How Ed Miliband could build on his Conservative idea

The more I read about this welfare cap, the crosser I get. Not because it will take money away from anyone – far from it, frankly; more because it will still give people who don’t work over three times the … Continue reading

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Reforming pensions is not (just) about saving money: it’s about intergenerational fairness

It would be unrealistic to suggest that the proposals to reform public sector pensions have not been prompted, at least in part, by our current economic situation.  However, it is not just about saving money.  Fairness is key, and one … Continue reading

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