wutang wrote:From 2010Party sources point out that Duncan Smith's ideas were originally devised by the then Labour work and pensions secretary, James Purnell, when his 2008 white paper called for a move towards a single benefit system.
A senior Labour source said: "We are in the territory of awaiting with interest and will support them where they help get people back to work or restrict benefits from those who don't need them. We are optimistic that if IDS wins his battle with the Treasury then the reforms will really be an extension of the Purnell plan which we strongly support."
Just a reminder than Purnell, Cooper, Miliband, et al deserve to hang from the same Lampost as Iain Duncan Smith and his like
It was agreed by all parties that sorting out the ridiculously complicated and costly to run benefits system was a good idea.
They still do, including Labour.
The issues are around the half-arsed, unchecked and untested system that has been rushed in by the Tories which failed to recognise that some would miss out badly and, even worse, completely failed to deal with these problems. S instead of people getting what they should in an orderly, acceptable manner, we get sanctions, poverty and food bank queues.
And neither Purnell, Cooper or Miliband can be blamed for that.