No One Written Off?
In July the Green Paper “No One Written off: Reforming Welfare to Reward Responsibility” was published and The Department for Work and Pensions began a full consultation around the proposals. (open until October 22nd 2008). So what are the main proposals for drug users, what's their likely impact on services and partnerships? Most importantly will they meet the governments stated aim of reducing poverty and exclusion for people and communities affected by drug use or will they just make the problems worse?
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If we are really heading into a deep recession, with high rates of unemployment and increased poverty on the year to 18 month horizon for some of Britain's most vulnerable communities, what will this mean in terms of drug use and our responses? Can we do anything to tackle the problems *before* they happen this time round?
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