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No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility
— summary [of Age Concern's response to the Department for Work and Pensions] | | Corporate Author | Age Concern England - ACE |
| Publisher | Age Concern England - ACE, London, October 2009 |
| Pages | 3 pp (Policy response - ref: 2608(S)) |
| Source | Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. Download document at http://www.ageconcern.org.uk |
| Keywords | Employment ; Employment of older people ; Social security [generally] ; Social policy ; Age Concern ; Comments or Evidence submitted. |
| Annotation | Age Concern England (ACE) responds to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) consultation, 'No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility' (see DWP website at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/welfarereform/noonewrittenof... While welcoming the government's commitment to pilot a lighter-touch approach to Pathways to Work for clients aged 50+, ACE is disappointed that recommendations to age-proof back-to-work programmes as recommended in its response to the Green Paper, 'In work, better off: next steps to full employment' (Cm 7130) have only been acknowledged to a limited extent. ACE believes that this will have a negative impact on the success of reforms for the 50+ age group. This summary of ACE's response to the DWP focuses on: promoting opportunity and realising potential; an obligation to work; simplifying and streamlining the benefits system; and empowerment so that "no one written off". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081114002 P |
| Classmark | WJ: GC: TYA: TM2: PT: 6PM * |
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