Welfare benefit simplification

• also known as Universal Benefit, Single Benefit, Core Benefit, Single Core Benefit

United Kingdom

• the consequences of historical benefit changes and reform on the current system
• the effectiveness of the Benefits Simplification Unit, progress of the Department for Work and Pensions Simplification Plan and implications of the Freud review
• international examples, where benefit systems have been reformed and/or developed to retain relative simplicity

  New Zealand

• create a simpler system
• make work pay and investing in people
• support families and children
• ensure mutual responsibilities
• build partnerships
• tackle poverty and social exclusion