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Ros Kayes

Opinion: Do we have the bottle to tackle welfare head on?

By Ros Kayes | Mon 10th February 2014 - 2:56 pm

There’s been a lot of ideology thrown around about welfare and benefits since the 2010 election – coupled with an equal reluctance to address what appears to be the fundamental question: can we afford to retain the current post- war model of welfare at its current level?

Liberal Democrat policy on welfare has not been updated since 1994. And there has undoubtedly been a devastating impact on the most needy as a result of this lack of clarity and indecision . The effect of tightening welfare payments and of delays in payment of benefits combined with …

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