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Labour says benefit reforms are a 'moral mission' - It looks more like moral panic

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Morrison J (2025) Labour says benefit reforms are a 'moral mission' - It looks more like moral panic. The Conversation. 19.03.2025. https://theconversation.com/labour-says-benefit-reforms-are-a-moral-mission-it-looks-more-like-moral-panic-252404

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First paragraph: After weeks of speculation, Liz Kendall, work and pensions secretary, has unveiled her plans to reform welfare and cut the country’s ballooning benefits bill. The proposals include: stricter eligibility requirements for Personal Independence Payments (Pip), the main disability benefit. scrapping the work capability assessment for universal credit freezing or cutting the incapacity benefit “top-up” to universal credit for new claimants. reducing incapacity benefits for under-22s. increasing the standard rate of universal credit for claimants seeking work. introducing a “right to try”, so that people can try work without automatically losing benefits or being reassessed.

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Publication date31/03/2025
Publication date online31/03/2025
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Place of publicationLondon

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Dr James Morrison

Dr James Morrison

Associate Prof. in Journalism, Communications, Media and Culture

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