Iain Duncan Smith announced the most far reaching plans to shake up the welfare system in decades today and given Wales’s bigger than average dependency on both out of work and incapacity benefits there has been almost no debate amongst Welsh politicians either MP’s or AM’s.
The changes if they are fully implemented will have a massive impact for good and ill all over Wales, but specifically in the most deprived areas north and south yet there has been precious little said by the politicians or reported in the press leading up to today apart from general background information and Tory baiting
So is this and this really enough coverage for people to understand how it might affect them and their family in the future?
And as Victoria Winckler over at the Bevan Foundation said even though the Assembly isn’t responsible for Welfare, if Welsh MP aren’t scrutinizing the impact it shouldn’t the Assembly and our AM’s be taking more interest given the impact its likely to have?
If you want more info the full White Paper is HERE with Executive Summary.Any source
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