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The State of Dependency
‘New Labour came to power committed to transform welfare. That revolutionary intent has fractured. Thinking the unthinkable had been the task in Opposition. It was not an activity for Government.’
It is almost two years since Frank Field, the man charged by the Prime Minister to ‘think the unthinkable’ resigned as Minister for Welfare Reform. In this collection of essays he centres on one particular aspect of the ‘new political agenda’ – how to protect and promote the interests of the poor in an age when Labour can win elections without them.
Here, for the first time, Field outlines the policies he wanted to advance as a Minister, and explains why he believes that until the Government recognises the impact of welfare on the character of the individual, genuine reform will be impossible.
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