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"Work for those who can, security for those who cannot?" — welfare reform and disabled people
Author(s)	Patricia Thornton
Corporate Author	Social Policy Association
Journal title	IN: Social policy review 12, chapter 6, 2000
Publisher	Social Policy Association, Sudbury, Suffolk, 2000
Pages	pp 112-132
Source	Social Policy Association, Lavenham Group, Arbons House, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 9RN.
Keywords	Superannuation ; Means testing ; Social policy ; Labour.
Annotation	A policy of "work for those who can" challenges long-standing assumptions about the relationship between impairment and capacity for paid work. "Work for those who can" also challenges the compensatory principles upon which incapacity benefits historically have been based. This is such that "security for those who cannot" requires incapacity for work to be given consideration. This chapter examines the central elements of the New Labour government's reform strategy, assesses their strengths and weaknesses, and considers how far the different components are complementary or contradictory. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010129204 B
Classmark	JKH: JF4C: TM2: VL3
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