The DWP just fired the starting gun for the privatisation of the welfare state

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has recently made two quiet, but significant, announcements; missed entirely by the mainstream media. If you read between the lines, you’ll find a sinister move – one that could well be the shape of things to come: the beginning of the end of a public welfare state.
The DWP: ending welfare, one benefit at a time

Support for Mortgage Interest used to be a welfare entitlement that covered the interest payments on people’s mortgages when they were unable to work. It was originally put into place by former chancellor George Osborne in 2015. But its scrapping came into full effect on 6 April this year.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2018/07/18/the-dwp-just-fired-the-starting-gun-for-the-privatisation-of-the-welfare-state/

Admin wrote:The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has recently made two quiet, but significant, announcements; missed entirely by the mainstream media. If you read between the lines, you’ll find a sinister move – one that could well be the shape of things to come: the beginning of the end of a public welfare state.
The DWP: ending welfare, one benefit at a time

Support for Mortgage Interest used to be a welfare entitlement that covered the interest payments on people’s mortgages when they were unable to work. It was originally put into place by former chancellor George Osborne in 2015. But its scrapping came into full effect on 6 April this year.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2018/07/18/the-dwp-just-fired-the-starting-gun-for-the-privatisation-of-the-welfare-state/

I think this was inevitable. Provision has been made in the legislation for this to happen.