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Announcement of first phase of Welfare Reform

27 February 2012.

Prime Minister John Key and Minister for Social Development and Employment Paula Bennett today announced the next phase in proposed reforms to the Welfare System.

Read Minister Bennett's announcement on the Beehive website

Paper A - Welfare reform - Overview of package (PDF 3.06MB)

Paper B - Welfare reform - Availability and preparation for work (PDF 3.64MB)

Paper C - Welfare reform - Parents on a benefit who have subsequent children (PDF 1.84MB)

Annex to Paper C - Welfare reform - Parents on benefit who have subsequent children (PDF 1.51MB)

Paper D - Youth pipeline information sharing (PDF 1.99MB)

Policy decisions on the youth package (PDF 3.18MB)

Further policy decisions on youth package (PDF 8.26MB)

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Related links

Read more about Welfare Reform

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