Finally, with the release of the DWP White Paper, Iain Duncan Smith has let the cat out of the bag. … Continue reading “Sanctions in welfare: IDS lets the cat out of the bag”

Iain Duncan Smith has suggested that his proposals to introduce a Universal Credit to replace many of the current welfare … Continue reading “A fundamental change in welfare policy”

Despite the comments yesterday from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the coalition’s decision to introduce a limited form of workfare into the … Continue reading “IDS’s workfare plans – from entitlement to obligation”

The DWP is getting serious about the plans to merge a host of existing benefits into a Universal Credit (UC) … Continue reading “Universal Credit: a good idea but certainly no cure-all”

Yesterday, the coalition announced that Child Benefit (CB) will be scrapped for families where one member belongs to the higher-rate … Continue reading “Child Benefit: do George Osborne and Iain Duncan Smith talk to each other?”

Here at the IEA, it is something of a rule that if Hayek endorsed an idea then it probably wasn’t … Continue reading “A Hayekian solution to welfare reform”

“The purpose of my life here is to improve the quality of life of the worst off in society.” Such … Continue reading “A cheer for Iain Duncan Smith – but he will make enemies”