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Opinion: A Liberal idea for welfare reform

By David Thorpe | Sat 6th August 2011 - 9:53 am

Its not often an article which seeks to promote the Liberal agenda gets to use Alan Sugar and Peter Stringfellow as case studies.
But the millionaire duo, are, through no fault of their own, examples of all that is wrong with the approach successive governments have taken to welfare provision.

As Lord Sugar explains, he receives, despite never having applied for it, the winter fuel allowance available to all people over the age of 60.

The businessman even explains that he subsequently spent more than an hour on the phone trying to give the money back, only to be told that he …

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged alan sugar, william beveridge and winter fuel payment | 35 Comments

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