Experts assess the impact the Welfare Reform Act 2012 will have on social workers’ clients
M
edia headlines about ‘social cleansing’ are the latest twist in the long-running furore over the government’s welfare reform plans.
That story concerned families apparently
forced to move out of London by the housing benefi t cap, but this is just the tip of the iceberg so far as the shake-up of the benefi ts system is concerned. Here, our welfare rights experts look
at how a range of social work clients are being aff ected.