"Dynamic Benefits: Towards Welfare That Works, Part I" (PDF)
"Dynamic Benefits: Towards Welfare That Works, Parts II and III"(PDF)
"Dynamic Benefits: Towards Welfare That Works, Appendices"(PDF)
"Dynamic Benefits: Towards Welfare That Works, Executive Summary" (PDF)
"Dynamic Benefits: Towards Welfare That Works, Preface by the Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP"(PDF)
Authors: Centre for Social Justice Economic Dependency Working Group, chaired by Dr Stephen Brien
Publication date: September 2009
This report acknowledges that the benefits system is broken and has perpetuated poverty and worklessness. There are 5.9 million people of working age not working and receiving state benefits along with nearly one million young people not in education, employment or training. This reports suggests a comprehensive reform of the benefits and taxation systems in order to ensure more people are incentivised to return to work and in order to address poverty among the most vulnerable in society.