NO - Kate Green, chief executive, Child Poverty Action Group
The Freud review of welfare is suggesting contractors are givenfinancial incentives to get claimants off benefits. For many charities,this would result in a conflict of interest with their vital welfarerights advice services. The success of many charity projects inproviding employment support services has attracted the Government tothe idea of contracting out benefit delivery. However, the independenceof the sector is a key factor behind its success.
YES - David Hunter, policy officer, Association of Chief Executives ofVoluntary Organisations
We feel that charities are capable of both giving out and advising onbenefits. This is especially true of the larger charities that have thecapacity to set up branches that can work separately. There is a lot oftalk of the independence of the charity sector that I think has beenoverplayed, charities have always had a variety of paymasters. InAustralia this type of outsourcing has worked well and there are thingswe can learn.
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