Abstract
This chapter explains the background to New Labour’s commitment to create an ‘employment first’ welfare state. It describes the ‘New Deals’ and the interview-based regime now extended to all working age benefit claimants. It also assesses the evaluation evidence to establish ‘what worked’ in the first phase of implementing the Government’s ‘flagship’ programme, the New Deal for Young People (NDYP). Finally, it identifies some of the challenges that confront the Government if the rhetoric of an ‘employment first’ welfare state is to be realised in practice.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Developments in British social policy |
| Editors | N. Ellison, C. Pierson |
| Place of Publication | Basingstoke |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 111-128 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781403900210 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
