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Welfare reform: Responding to welfare changes

Welfare reform: Responding to welfare changes. Paul Spicker Employability and Skills Scotland 18 th September 2013. Part 1. The benefits system. Benefits. The aims of the benefit system. The aims of welfare reform The focus on out of work benefits

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Welfare reform: Responding to welfare changes

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  1. Welfare reform: Responding to welfare changes Paul Spicker Employability and Skills Scotland 18th September 2013

  2. Part 1 The benefits system

  3. Benefits

  4. The aims of the benefit system The aims of welfare reform The focus on out of work benefits “Work for those who can, support for those who can’t” Individual responsibility

  5. Misrepresenting welfare

  6. Part 2 Welfare reform

  7. The elements of welfare reform

  8. The cuts

  9. Jobseekers Job search 35 hours per week Claiming Online claims The compulsory CV Exclusion of under 18s Compliance and sanctions fixed term sanctions Sickness short-term sickness (2 x 14 days) reassessment work-related activity Other conditions part time work self-employment

  10. The programme of reform Universal Credit • Income Support • Working Tax Credit • Child Tax Credit • Housing Benefit • Jobseekers Allowance • Employment and Support Allowance Personal Independence Payment • Disability Living Allowance Local authority benefits • Council Tax Reduction • The Scottish Welfare Fund

  11. Universal Credit: aims and design

  12. Universal Credit: the plan for implementation The plan Digital by default The claimant commitment Monthly payment Real time processing Direct payment The process Pilots New claimants from October Transition:October 2013-2017 The problems Slow progress The limited pilots The ‘fortress’ mentality

  13. The flaws in Universal CreditIs there ‘meltdown’?

  14. Universal Credit: The designProblems of benefits in generalignorance complexity stigmapolicing the boundaries Problems of means testing threshold definition and tapers capital equivalence and household composition reporting changes changing circumstances self-employment Universal Credit has the lot Recent failures benefits without clear entitlement repayment expecting sick people to work medical reassessment penalties not linked to knowledge cohabitation rule multiple dimensions

  15. Part 3 Implications for Scotland

  16. The impact of cuts£ millions lost in local authority areas, estimated: source, SHU research, Financial Times at ig.ft.com/austerity-map/

  17. Three Scotlandsfrom the Scottish Council Foundation • Insecurity and benefits • Scotland’s precarious labour market • The need for a secure income • The problem of personalisation

  18. The direction of policy Welfare reform aims for: Simplicity Personalisation Commercialisation More emphasis on work Individual responsibility It should aim for: Managed complexity Stable incomes Cost-effective services Social protection Support for the labour market

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