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October 2006
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Labour's tax and benefit reforms weaken average work incentives

Despite the Labour government's stated aim to 'make work pay', the extension of means testing has weakened incentives for many people to stay in work and increase their earnings, according to a new report by researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

The report, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, provides new evidence on the trade-off between redistributing income and improving work incentives.

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