WELFARE MEASURES MUST REFLECT CHANGED ECONOMIC CLIMATE.
DRACONIAN REFORMS NOT THE ANSWER.
Commenting on the announcement of the Welfare Reform Bill in the Queen’s Speech today (Wednesday) SNP Work and Pension’s spokesperson, John Mason MP, has described plans to force parents with young children back to work as draconian. Mr Mason said:”Instead of offering hard-pressed families a helping hand Gordon Brown is pushing parents out the door to work.”With dole queues getting longer every day, the focus should be on stimulating the economy and creating new jobs and opportunities. Half-baked and draconian reforms are not the answer.”We will look cautiously and constructively at the wider proposals, but the fact is that much has changed since the Welfare Reform proposals were first mooted in July, and any reforms must reflect the changed economic climate.”
Commenting on the announcement of the Welfare Reform Bill in the Queen’s Speech today (Wednesday) SNP Work and Pension’s spokesperson, John Mason MP, has described plans to force parents with young children back to work as draconian. Mr Mason said:”Instead of offering hard-pressed families a helping hand Gordon Brown is pushing parents out the door to work.”With dole queues getting longer every day, the focus should be on stimulating the economy and creating new jobs and opportunities. Half-baked and draconian reforms are not the answer.”We will look cautiously and constructively at the wider proposals, but the fact is that much has changed since the Welfare Reform proposals were first mooted in July, and any reforms must reflect the changed economic climate.”
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