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""No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility

“No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility”, published 21 July 2008, was a wide ranging consultation on the future of welfare. This Green Paper set out plans aimed to ensure that the majority of people of working age and their families will no longer be on benefits for life.

Disability Alliance was one of many organisations that responded to the consultation.

The paper sought views on and proposed the following:

Employment and support allowance (ESA)

The abolition of incapacity benefit (IB)

Abolition of income support (IS)

Jobseeker's allowance (JSA)

Other benefits

Support

Lone parents

Devolved assemblies

Consultation with Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland administration will be required for

Consultation responses

The consultation period closed on 22 October 2008. You can view a selection of responses, including Disability Alliance's, from the links below. If you want Disability Alliance to provide a link to your response email webmaster.da@dial.pipex.com.

More information

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