Mobilising Britain?s Missing Workforce: Unemployment, incapacity benefit, and the regions
In its third term the Labour government is determined to move more people off incapacity benefits and into work. But Steve Fothergill and John Grieve Smith argue that a reliance on labour ?supply side? measures such as benefit reforms will not solve the problem by itself. This will also require strong regional policies to deliver more jobs in the areas where incapacity claimants are concentrated. This pamphlet may be purchased at the below web address. The executive summary is available for free download.