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Welfare reform crackdown will make little difference, claims Mersey MP.(News)

ONLY one MP broke the new Labour-Tory consensus on welfare reform to insist the proposals were too weak - Birkenhead's Frank Field.

The former welfare reform minister argued the latest crackdown would make little difference.

Mr Field said the government was making the same mistake as previous welfare reform packages, by leaving in place a higher benefit for the long-term sick and disabled.

As long as that was the case, the inevitable human temptation would be to aim for the higher benefit, rather than accept a lower rate and look for work, he said.

The Birkenhead MP has argued for a single benefit for all ...

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