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Welfare reform is an enormous task that must not be rushed
The government needs to take great care in the important task it has set itself in overhauling the country's complex and costly benefits system.
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More FTSE charts & pricesby Deborah Hyde on Aug 01, 2010 at 00:01
Most of all we have to understand that no country has ever achieved zero unemployment.
We don't want to encourage people to stay on benefits and need to find ways to keep people engaged and optimistic about their prospects.
But we also need to realise that we also have to tackle the causes of unemployment too.
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P Williams
Aug 02, 2010 at 10:54
This is a fair article and difficult to argue against but the key point is to change attitudes and make work pay - which for many is not the case today. Mistakes will be made but Smith has to make a start - the country cannot afford the current benefit system.
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