Combining Welfare‐to‐Work Measures with Tax credits: A New Hybrid Approach to Social Security in the United Kingdom

Michael Adler

International Social Security Review, 2004, vol. 57, issue 2, 87-106

Abstract: The changes described in this article reflect a shift in social security away from social insurance and towards a mixture of social assistance, occupational or private insurance and tax credits. It suggests that what is new and distinctive about UK social security policy is the way in which a new strategy has been forged by linking the New Deal, which provides job opportunities for people who are not in employment but can often only offer them low‐paid jobs, with tax credit schemes, which provide in‐work benefits and are designed to ensure that, if necessary, people accept poorly paid employment.

Date: 2004
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