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The Social Security Advisory Committee
Author(s) -
Logie James
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9515.1989.tb00314.x
Subject(s) - disappointment , entitlement (fair division) , advisory committee , social security , work (physics) , political science , actuarial science , business , public relations , public administration , psychology , economics , law , engineering , social psychology , mechanical engineering , mathematical economics
Abstract This article examines the work of the Social Security Advisory Committee, whose main role as the ‘eyes, ears and heart’ of the Department of Social Security is explained. The work of the Committee shows that it has taken a keen interest in the effects of changes in benefit entitlement on claimants. Its recommendations attempt to mitigate the worst effects of changes on the most vulnerable benefit claimants. While some pressure groups have expressed disappointment with the SSAC's work, there are grounds for a more positive evaluation of it.