Will Welfare Reform be too costly to implement?

An article in the Economist talks about the difficulty of implementing Welfare Reform to end welfare dependency as ‘improving incentives to work can actually cost money, at least in the short term.’ The article argues that withdrawing benefits more slowly from those who find work is expensive.

The article’s author points out that Labour had previously found the Department of Work and Pensions resistant to any reforms. Other resistance could come from Steve Webb, Minister of State for Pensions, as it points out that Welfare Reform was not a big theme in its manifesto.

Source: The Economist