December 10, 2008
Wednesday
Link to the David Freud report
In one or more interviews, Alan Purnell, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has referred back to the report by David Freud published in 2007. I thought it might be useful to have link to his report since it seems to have had an influence on the current minister in framing his reforms.
Here is an extract:
...the UK is some way behind international best practice. The lone parent employment rate in Great Britain stands at 56.5%, compared to 80% in Denmark, one of the best-performing comparators. Practices round the world vary. What is increasingly common, however, is an expectation that once children reach school age then receipt of benefits should be conditional on looking for a job.
I should declare that I used to work alongside David when we were at the Financial Times many years ago.
Posted by James Bartholomew • Indexed in Reform
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Was Freud prone to writing fiction back when you worked with him?
Its unbelievable the amount of rubbish he spouted regarding incapacity benefit, such as
claimaints only being assessed by their own gp (not true)
the levels of fraud (way, way over board)
Not to mention the fact he was happy to write a report condeming many to misery and suffering when he openly admitted to not knowing anything about the topic.
As far as I know, he never apologised for lying to the public about incapacity benefit claimaints, and increasing the stigma they have to suffer - the man should have, in my opinion, been prosecuted for inciting hate - yet he gets made a Lord.
What a strange world.
Is it normal for incompetance to be rewarded?
Posted by: ukbix at August 17, 2009 08:00 PM