Piggott, Linda A. and Grover, Chris (2009) Retrenching Incapacity Benefit : Employment Support Allowance and paid work. Social Policy and Society, 8 (2). pp. 159-170. ISSN 1474-7464
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Abstract
In October 2008 in the UK Incapacity Benefit (IB) (the main income replacement benefit for sick and disabled claimants) was replaced by the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for new claimants. Drawing upon recent work on the retrenchment of welfare benefits and services this paper examines the context for the changes, the marketisation of the job placement services for ESA claimants and the extension of conditionality to sick and disabled benefit claimants. The paper argues that the introduction of ESA is a good example of the retrenchment of benefits for the majority of sick and disabled people. The paper concludes that ESA can be interpreted as creating a group of disadvantaged people through which the private sector can profit.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Policy and Society |
| Additional Information: | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=SPS The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Social Policy and Society, 8 (2), pp 159-170 2009, © 2009 Cambridge University Press. |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Applied Social Science Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Educational Research |
| ID Code: | 28222 |
| Deposited By: | Ms Linda Piggott |
| Deposited On: | 17 Nov 2009 09:37 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 16:46 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/28222 |
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