Hi,
I don't know if anyone picked up on this on the news this morning.
Its summarised in this Guardian article.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/dec/10/jamespurnell-welfare
And in this DWP press release last week.
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/2008/dec/drc120-021208.a
sp
I can't find the white paper itself on the DWP website. Am particularly
struck by the following phrase from the press release. "The review
recommends that from now on nearly everyone on benefits should be
required to take steps towards finding employment".
I was wondering what this might mean in terms of IAPT and the
possibility (am I imagining this) that benefits could potentially be
contingent on accessing therapies. This would (to me at any rate)
certainly shift something fairly fundamental in the nature of therapies.
I was hoping that David or someone who knows a bit more about these
developments might be able to say more about possible implications of
this?
Many thanks
John McGowan
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