Originally posted on John D Turner:
I think the Labour Party needs to seriously ask
itself how a social security reform that attracted widespread support at
its inception has reached its current nadir. My party needs to
recognise that the process is broken beyond repair. And that no
tinkering with it will make it function both effectively and humanely.
I am not going to speak about the damage the
current process has caused and is still causing. There are many people
better placed than I to describe the emotional and financial distress
resulting out of the system as it is today. My experience of it is, at
most second hand. I do, however, recognise that the system is failing
some of the most vulnerable in our society. It offers them neither hope
nor social security.
My background is primarily in the area of support for those seeking work (and seeking to find workers) as well as…
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