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A new deal for welfare: empowering people to work
— presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | | Corporate Author | Department for Work and Pensions - DWP |
| Publisher | TSO, London, January 2006 |
| Pages | 101 pp (Cm 6730) |
| Source | TSO, PO Box 29, Norwich, NR3 1GN. Also audio, Braille, Easy Read, large print and Welsh from: The Welfare Reform Team, Level 2, The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT. Tel 020 7712 2521. Web version:
www.dwp.gov.uk/aboutus/welfarereform/ |
| Keywords | Employment ; Employment of older people ; Social security benefits ; Pensions ; Social welfare ; Social policy ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | This Green Paper on welfare reform sets out proposals for achieving an 80% employment rate for people of working age. It notes that by 2024, some 50% of the population will be aged 50+, but at present, employment rates for those aged 50 to State Pension Age (SPA) are lower than for the population as a whole. A summary and an introductory chapter put the case for welfare reform. Other chapters cover: helping ill or disabled people; helping lone parents; helping older workers; delivering welfare reform; Housing Benefit; and long-term benefits reform. On helping older people, two major challenges are identified. The first is how to support the growing numbers of pensioners in retirement, given the decreasing proportion of workers; and how to enable people to build up an income for retirement. The second is the aim is to support and encourage people over 50 to stay in work, but noting the structural, personal and cultural barriers they face. Also discussed are improving labour market interventions, communicating choices on working and when to retire, and flexible working. A concluding chapter outlines arrangements for the consultation, responses to which are invited by 21 April 2006. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060208001 B |
| Classmark | WJ: GC: JH: JJ: TY: TM2: 6OA |
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