And, in a message on Twitter, David Cameron hailed "a big day for welfare reform as we pilot a cap on benefits equal to the average wage" - adding "amazingly Labour oppose it".

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The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group said that the pilot needed to ensure that tax credit claimants on low incomes or those with particular needs benefited from an improved service.

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Professor Sonia Blandford, director of SEN pilot scheme Achievement for All, said that the reform would enable "capacity building" within the service, as energy saved on bureaucracy could be channelled into front line services.

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The first big idea that he stresses is the creation of a new agency to spearhead innovation and scale up any of the many pilot schemes contained in the bills that manage to reform delivery or payment systems.

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This reform drive was called into question last year, however, by a pilot study in Illinois.

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The pilot scheme is part of the government's Care Matters reform programme and aims to give young people support to find training and employment opportunities to move on to independence.

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Now that the pilot phase is coming to an end, we have to carry the reform to the next level.

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