Key point is this hasn't happened elsewhere. We're really unusual in how little we support those who are unemployed. It's the root cause of so many problems in the benefits system (and society more generally).
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Paul Kissack
A hard truth in today's Green Paper:
"A series of benefit freezes and benefit increases at a lower rate than inflation has left the value of the standard allowance at a 40 year low by the early 2020s, contributing to hardship and destitution". 1/2
"A series of benefit freezes and benefit increases at a lower rate than inflation has left the value of the standard allowance at a 40 year low by the early 2020s, contributing to hardship and destitution". 1/2
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to work. Look at duration of claim today and compare.
How would markets react if the government said its was going to borrow heavily to start a number of projects that would cost a lot upfront but save in the long-run and therefore sustain themselves financially in the long term?
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Proper return to work support
Well-funded preventative medicine projects
Sure start style projects to support for disadvantaged families in the early years of children’s lives
High quality rehabilitation in prisons
I’m sure there are examples in other policy areas.
It feels like the markets would be behaving pretty irrationally if the plans were credible.
When people know they won't face complete destitution if they fail, people are more willing to experiment and innovate.
All of this leads to --------> GROWTH.
Both the financial and institutional pressure of finding a job when unemployed prevents people from taking time to find the right fit and holds people in jobs that they are unsuited to?
It failed to do any impact reports on disabled people & didn’t disclose civil servants knowledge that suicidal ideation would increase among claimants @publiclawproject.bsky.social