1. The Wicked Problems of British Cities
... welfare recipients were subject to strict job search requirements and immediately attached to available job vacancies (Peck, 2004). Conservative reforms also reduced the value and scope of insurance related benefits and simplified the social assistance (Income Support) benefit system to reduce costs and increase financial incentives to work. The role of the national public Employment Service, its aims ... which is now implemented at 'street level' through a radically reshaped public Employment Service, called 'Jobcentre Plus' (JCP). This agency integrates employment assistance ...
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