TOMORROW'S shake-up in the welfare state is the biggest in more than 60 years.
What is remarkable is that it is taking place during the tenure of a Labour government.
Among the dramatic proposals are the privatisation of large sections of the benefits system, the threat of benefit cuts for lone parents who don't find employment and the push to get millions of long-term benefit claimants back into work.
There will inevitably be a backlash from Labour back-benchers but on the whole we welcome the reforms.
It has been obvious for many years that vast amounts of public money are wasted on our cumbersome, unreformed welfare system which should be there as a safety net to help those genuinely in need.
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