Solutions to poverty Conservative and Coalition government

Question 1

Aims

Answer 1

Continue New Right’s anti welfare dependency policies of naming work see more attractive and benefits less attractive
Policy of austerity reducing welfare

Question 2

Policies

Answer 2

Benefits cap- Limit on total amount of benefit people can get, aims to abolish the poverty trap
Housing benefits- ‘bedroom tax’
Tax credits have been cut, encourage employers to pay more
Benefit sanctions- Fail to attend JSA appointments

Question 3

A03:

Answer 3

Have increased poverty
Cuts to out of work benefits
Increased poverty amongst W/C
Harris: Housing benefits reductions has forced families to move out of neighbourhoods increased social exclusion