The unions are outraged and child poverty campaigners have branded it afolly, but the Government is upbeat about the latest proposals forwelfare reforms.
Investment banker David Freud's review of the welfare system calls forthe private and voluntary sectors to be drafted in to get more peopleoff benefits. He adds that the UK asks little from lone parents inreturn for their benefits and it is time they had to do more to findwork in return.
The farming out of JobCentre Plus activities to private and voluntaryproviders has angered the Public and Commercial Services Union. Itsgeneral secretary, Mark Serwotka, called Freud's plans "a slap in theface for dedicated JobCentre staff".
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