Earlier, I republished my interview with Stephen Crabb, the new Work and Pensions Secretary. He was, then, Wales Secretary – not all of his (many) thoughts on welfare reform made the cut. So I’ve been through the transcript, and posted more of this comments below: they give a better idea of what the new welfare secretary is like.
At the time, benefits had been cut in the post-election Budget. Crabb was a bit nervous, saying-:
‘You have always got to handle the issue of welfare with care because you are dealing with support mechanisms for Britain’s most vulnerable people. That’s what welfare is. You’ve got to take care of the issue. But we should take encouragement from the election result, even in Wales: there is a strong measure of support for the mainstream of British opinion for changes that we want to make and so long as we keep demonstrating that what we are doing is helping to foster the employment growth and the other positive economic changes that welfare reforms.
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