Law, Complexity and the Welfare System
Dates: | 2 April 2014 |
Times: | 16:30 - 17:30 |
What is it: | Lecture |
Organiser: | School of Law |
How much: | Free |
Who is it for: | Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, University staff |
Speaker: | Neville Harris |
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At any point in time the UK’s welfare system provides support to half of the UK population. But our welfare rights are governed by a highly complex legal framework, which few of us can be expected to understand – and which helps to make the system costly to administer and prone to error.
Why is the welfare system so complex? Why are basic welfare rights governed by such complex law? Would simpler rules work – and benefit us all? This lecture aims to address these and related issues, against the background of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 – which aims to simplify the structure of welfare but, some argue, will not reduce its underlying complexity.
This lecture will feature a response by Upper Tribunal Judge and Emeritus Professor, Nick Wikeley.
A reception will follow at 5.30pm.
Speaker
Neville Harris
Role: Professor of Law
Organisation: The University of Manchester
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