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| Cameron setting out welfare plans | Cameron setting out welfare plans |
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| 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. | 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 is a way to getting a home and money. | 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. |
| Labour said the Tories wanted the state to withdraw from tackling poverty, creating a "return to Thatcherism". | Labour said the Tories wanted the state to withdraw from tackling poverty, creating a "return to Thatcherism". |
| 'Remake society' | 'Remake society' |
| 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. | 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. | 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 | 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. |
| 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 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. | 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. |
| Fend for themselves | Fend for themselves |
| He will say: "Our alternative to big government is not no government. | He will say: "Our alternative to big government is not no government. |
| "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." | "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's speech is well worth studying for anyone who wants to understand what a future Conservative government might do Nick RobinsonBBC political editor Read Nick's thoughts in full | |
| 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". | 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. | 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. | 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." | "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." |