Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Seddon, Nick

Titel

Back to welfare basics

Ist Teil von

• Public Finance, 2012-07 (7/8), p.5

Ort / Verlag

London: Redactive Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Spending on welfare increased even when the economy was growing rather than reforming welfare to support enterprise and social mobility during the period of growth, entitlements were expanded to groups not in need. Higher-income families have been encouraged to use the welfare state as a cash machine while poor families are left with scraps. This undermines the integrity of the welfare system. Ending universal provision of services and benefits will enable better targeting of support for those in need. The welfare state cannot succeed unless users and citizens recognise their own role in helping services and communities to do more with less.