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Welfare reform crackdown will make little difference, claims Mersey MP.(News)
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Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
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July 22, 2008
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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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Blair expects welfare reform Christmas gift.
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);
August 2, 1998 ;
305 words
......launch the reform of the Welfare State. The Prime Minister...criticism of his sacking of Frank Field and claims that he has given up on welfare reform, is demanding rapid...Harriet Harman and Frank Field. He said: It is all...Mr Blair had dropped welfare reform ...
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Frank Field MP: young people support radical welfare reform.
M2 Presswire;
November 14, 2007 ;
787 words
......2007-Reform: Frank Field MP: young people support radical welfare reform(C)1994-2007 M2...employment and welfare reform. The report, by Frank Field MP, the former Minister for Welfare Reform, and Patrick...everyone. 3. Frank Field has been ...
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A COAT OF MANY COLOURS: WELFARE REFORM AROUND THE WORLD.
Social Policy Journal of New Zealand;
December 1, 1998 ;
Mackay, Ross;
787 words
...BACKGROUND Suddenly, welfare reform(1) is a hot topic. Although welfare...decisionmakers have been grappling with welfare reform issues for the best part of two...the last few years, however, welfare reform has suddenly become a very public...
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People want to improve things for themselves, their families, their nans....
The Mirror (London, England);
March 28, 1998 ;
Seymour, David;
787 words
......after the biggest day in Frank Field's life, but the minister for welfare reform has no time to celebrate...state are likely to make Frank Field a crucial figure in the...treatment may be what turned Frank Field into such a determined...
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Why did they gag the Frank Field I so admire?(Features)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);
March 29, 1998 ;
787 words
......backbench MP was listening to Frank Field talking about his principles and his bold proposals for welfare reform. Frank's strong sense of...just had an empty box marked welfare. Frank always told me that the Green...Prime Minister appointed Frank Field we thought ...
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Why Britain needs Frank Field's talent.(Leader)
The People (London, England);
July 26, 1998 ;
191 words
......disaster for Britain that Frank Field feels he is being driven...accomplished and talented minister. Frank Field knows more about welfare...think the unthinkable on welfare reform. Obstructions from Ms Harman...them who is boss. By giving Frank Field Harriet Harman's ...
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Silence on Welfare Reform.(media coverage)
World and I;
July 1, 2002 ;
Noyes, Richard;
787 words
......enough of the story about the historic welfare reform law that a Republican Congress passed...predictions of welfare advocates and cast welfare reform as a dangerous gamble. Sound bite after...reauthorize the law, creating a new welfare reform that in its sweep will strongly ...
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Before and after welfare reform: the work and well-being of low-income...
Fact Sheet Series;
June 1, 2003 ;
674 words
......IWPR's new report, Before and After Welfare Reform. The report examines the income sources...three years after the implementation of welfare reform. Listed below are selected key findings...parents are working in the wake of welfare reform, well over three-fourths (78%) are...
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QUESTION TIME: Labour MPs on the attack over welfare reform pledge
The Independent - London;
July 6, 1999 ;
Sarah Schaefer and Barrie Clement;
378 words
......seized on the Government's promise to go back to the drawing board over welfare reform during question time in the Commons. Frank Field, the former Welfare Reform minister, demanded more debate on stakeholder pensions and highlighted...
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Frank Field reignites welfare row.
The Birmingham Post (England);
August 7, 1998 ;
161 words
...Frank Field last night reignited the row about welfare reform with a fierce attack on what he called Government...testing. Mr Field, who last week quit his post as Welfare Reform Minister, condemned a flagship Labour policy for potentially...
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Democrats Keep Welfare Reform Out of Budget Black Hole
Morning Edition (NPR);
November 2, 1995 ;
787 words
......insignificant measures in the GOP's version of welfare reform that would have little or no effect...House-Senate Conference Committee on Welfare Reform has taken on new importance since the...Senate Republican leaders had included welfare reform in their giant budget bill but ...
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Letter from President Clinton to Congress on Welfare Reform
U.S. Newswire;
March 21, 1995 ;
787 words
......Attached is a letter from the President on welfare reform sent yesterday to Speaker of the House...outlines the President's principles on welfare reform and calls on Congress to enact real welfare reform that promotes work and responsibility...
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With this government, keep your eye on the reality not the rhetoric Three...
The Independent - London;
December 14, 1998 ;
Steve Richards;
787 words
......Government of rushing into welfare reform. Tomorrow the Social Security...Social Security Minister Frank Field would have liked. But in...since Field launched his welfare reform Green Paper to an even...any initiative, Field's welfare reform Green Paper was the ...
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Welfare reform law seen as a threat to poor, children
Philadelphia Tribune, The;
August 2, 1996 ;
M.J. McCollum;
787 words
......Philadelphia Tribune, The 08-02-1996 Welfare reform law seen as a threat to poor, children...Clinton said he would sign the bipartisan welfare reform plan into law. After Clinton had vetoed...hard on children. The Congressional welfare reform conference committee gave its final...
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