Training, targeting and tidying up: The social security act 1988

Abstract

The reforms arising out of the Fowler Review of social security¹ were implemented in April 1988 by the Social Security Act 1986,² amid much public controversy. The Social Security Act 1988³ has since made a number of important amendments to the post-Fowler welfare system. The 1988 Act was commended to Parliament as being concerned with training, targeting and tidying up social security legislation.⁴