Children are being endangered by the speed of welfare reform – just as children are put at risk by excessive speed on our roads. In a written submission Caritas says the speed of consideration was unreasonable and unrealistic. Only 11 working days were provided between the first reading of the Social Security (Youth Support and Work Read more
The first reading of the Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Bill 2012 was passed passed by Parliament on Tuesday 27 March. The Wellington Archdiocesan Catholic Commission for Justice, Peace and Development Commission has expressed concern about the government’s welfare reform package with a particular focus on 3 areas: 1. Legislation and social policy that devalues Read more
Chris Chivers, vicar of John Keble Church, Mill Hill, London and Canon Emeritus of Blackburn writes: “The self-styled “quiet man“, the secretary of state for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, is proving himself a passionate man when it comes to tackling poverty in our communities. …”People like me, following Harvard professor Robert Putnam and Read more