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Speculation and impact analysis ahead of next Wednesday’s budget…
After yesterday’s leaked proposal about scrapping the work-related activity component in ESA - http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/news/item/dwp-considering-abolition-of-employment-and-support-allowance-work-related - today brings more speculation about possible cuts including -
- benefit cap reduced to £20,000 outside London and south-east
- all housing benefit recipients to pay 10% of their rent before HB applied
though on the positive -
- proposals to abolish or restrict carer’s allowance appear to have been dropped
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33353318
speye has done an interesting blog on the effect of some of these reforms on social housing -
https://speye.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/osborne-and-ids-conspire-to-kill-social-housing-says-bbc/
Additionally, Citizen’s Advice have done some impact analysis on various welfare reforms -
Finally, on the much discussed cuts to tax credits, Frank Field, new chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, has come out in full support! -
No one seems to mention the possibility of the big savings by removing administration costs?
Or some real simplification?
Thank you for the links Daphne, many of us will currently and soon involved in analysing impact for our client groups and organisations.
Notwithstanding the seriously depressing content of what we are about to see announced, there are serious issues about the scale and pace of change and the ability of advisers and organisations to keep up with content, reach and impact.
And in terms of the detail, it’s concerning what effect this will have on us as advisers and other front line professionals having to impart all of this to those affected . . . And see and deal with what transpires for vulnerable people and children.
And in terms of the detail, it’s concerning what effect this will have on us as advisers and other front line professionals having to impart all of this to those affected . . . And see and deal with what transpires for vulnerable people and children.
being a scottish adviser we are also going to have the impact of some benefits and parts of benefits being devolved to add onto all of this.
Some very good analysis from Gavin Kelly of the Resolution Foundation around the issues of cutting tax credits and the wider issues of pay and training.
Tax credits to be cut for new claimants with more than two children http://bbc.in/1flgTS5
Welfare cuts timetable to be extended, with £8bn of cuts by 2017/18 and a further £4bn by 2018/19 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33437115
Plan for £12bn of welfare cuts by 2017-18 has been altered to give IDS an extra year to implement them http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/07/george-osborne-slow-pace—12bn-welfare-budget-slash
Mr Iain Duncan Smith, 22/06/15; “Our purpose is to reform welfare in order to get people back to work, and to ensure that those who cannot manage and have disabilities are treated with the utmost kindness and given the utmost support”.