conditionality

Welfare Reform Bill will lead to destitution, committee warns

Submitted by Helen Crowther on Tue, 13/12/2011 - 5:12pm

On the 12th December, a committee of MPs and peers warned that the Welfare Reform Bill could breach the European Convention on Human Rights by leading to destitution.

In the report, the committee stated: "We believe there is a risk that the conditionality and sanction provisions in the Bill might in some circumstances lead to destitution, such as would amount to inhuman or degrading treatment contrary to Article 3 ECHR, if the individual concerned was genuinely incapable of work."

Join the Big Society or Else?

Submitted by Jazani on Tue, 20/04/2010 - 11:06pm

The new Tory advertising slogan is...

"Lets cut benefits for those who refuse work"
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/apr/20/1]

Now, leaving aside that this is already government policy, the fact that Coulson and co are trying to make Dave look like the more intolerant Tories of old may speak volumes about how internal discussions after the Clegg surge (and the flop that was 'the big society') have gone.

So, finally welfare to work is a part of the campaign. No prizes for guessing how the government will respond, but what about the Lib Dems?

Key points from the Gregg Review of Conditionality

Submitted by Daniel on Fri, 05/12/2008 - 2:50pm

Paul Gregg's review of benefits and conditionality was published on 2nd November. The web page and full report are available here. For ease of reference, I've put the main points and press coverage below. However, the actual report is definitely worth reading - just the list of recommendations at the end of the report is 7 pages long!