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Welfare Reform Bill 2011

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On 16 February 2011 the Welfare Reform Bill was introduced to Parliament. The Bill legislates for the biggest change to the welfare system for over 60 years, and introduces a wide range of reforms that aim to make the benefits and tax credits systems fairer and simpler.

The Bill aims to do this by:

  • creating the right incentives to get more people into work by ensuring work always pays
  • protecting the most vulnerable in our society
  • delivering fairness to those claiming benefit and to the taxpayer.

The main elements of the Bill are:

  • the introduction of Universal Credit to provide a single streamlined benefit that will ensure work always pays
  • a stronger approach to reducing fraud and error with tougher penalties for the most serious offences
  • a new claimant commitment showing clearly what is expected of claimants while giving protection to those with the greatest needs
  • reforms to Disability Living Allowance, through the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment to meet the needs of disabled people today
  • creating a fairer approach to Housing Benefit to bring stability to the market and improve incentives to work
  • driving out abuse of the Social Fund system by giving greater power to local authorities
  • reforming Employment and Support Allowance to make the benefit fairer and to ensure that help goes to those with the greatest need
  • changes to support a new system of child support which puts the interest of the child first.

For full details, visit the DWP website

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