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The Tories trebled the number
The Tories trebled the number on incapacity benefits.We will help
people who can work into rehabilitation and eventually into employment,
recognising the practical assistance to disabled people of the
Access to Work scheme.We will build on the successful Pathways to
Work programme and reform Incapacity Benefit, with the main elements
of the new benefit regime in place from 2008.The majority of
claimants with more manageable conditions will be required to engage
in both work-focused interviews and in activity to help them prepare
for a return to work.Those with the most severe conditions will also be
encouraged to engage in activity and should receive more money than
now.We will continue to welcome new independent and voluntary
sector partners to provide job-seeking services.