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David Cameron is to set out his ideas for tackling poverty later - including a proposal to allow people to keep more of their benefits when they find work. David Cameron is to set out his ideas for tackling poverty - including a plan to allow people to keep more of their benefits when they find work.
The Tory leader will also attack Labour's record on reducing inequality.The Tory leader will also attack Labour's record on reducing inequality.
He will say the welfare system tells young girls that having children before finding work and a loving relationship gives them a home and cash. He will say the welfare system tells young girls that having children before finding work and a loving relationship is a way to getting a home and money.
But ministers have already hit back, accusing the Conservatives of reverting to Thatcherite policies of the 1980s. Labour said the Tories wanted the state to withdraw from tackling poverty, creating a "return to Thatcherism".
In a speech in London, Mr Cameron is expected to match Labour's pledge to eradicate child poverty by the end of the decade. 'Remake society'
He will reportedly promise to lower unemployment during his first five years in power if his party wins the next election. In the annual Hugo Young lecture in London, Mr Cameron is expected to match Labour's pledge to eradicate child poverty by the end of the decade.
He will reportedly promise to lower unemployment within five years if his party wins the next election.
Our alternative to big government is the big society David Cameron
Mr Cameron is also expected to say that the Conservatives will review all welfare programmes within two years of coming to power and scrap those deemed not to be working.Mr Cameron is also expected to say that the Conservatives will review all welfare programmes within two years of coming to power and scrap those deemed not to be working.
'Picking up pieces'
His predecessor and a key welfare adviser, Iain Duncan Smith, has already backed the idea of giving benefit claimants hundreds of pounds if they return to employment.His predecessor and a key welfare adviser, Iain Duncan Smith, has already backed the idea of giving benefit claimants hundreds of pounds if they return to employment.
Mr Cameron also wants to make the state encourage, spread and fund the work of those who run social programmes in communities. Mr Cameron will announce he is to nominate Debbie Scott, who runs Tomorrow's People - a charity helping unemployed youngsters without qualifications or skills into work - for a Conservative peerage.
He will announce he is to nominate Debbie Scott, who runs Tomorrow's People - a charity helping unemployed youngsters without qualifications or skills into work - for a Conservative peerage. Fend for themselves
Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper said policies like those proposed by Mr Cameron had caused long-term unemployment to soar and child poverty to double when adopted by Margaret Thatcher. He will say: "Our alternative to big government is not no government.
She described the speech as a call for the state to withdraw, leaving people to fend for themselves, with charities and community groups picking up the pieces. "Our alternative to big government is the big society, but we understand that the big society is not just going to spring to life on its own: we need strong and concerted government action to make it happen. We need to use the state to remake society."
Mr Cameron is expected to say Labour has produced only "a measure of success in lifting those just below the poverty line to just above it".
He will argue that the government's methods to help the poor have caused an "atomisation" of society, breaking down natural bonds of duty and responsibility and replacing them with a reliance on the state.
For Labour, Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper said: "David Cameron is calling for the state to withdraw, leaving people to fend for themselves and charities and community groups to pick up the pieces.
"This is a return to Thatcherism, or even 19th century liberalism - cutting back on government action on poverty, yet still backing tax cuts for the wealthiest estates."