But Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith insisted the reform was on time and on budget.
For instance, even reform-minded education leaders like Eric Smith in Florida are being shown the door so that more radical elements can take the wheel.
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The Conservative Work and Pensions Secretary Ian Duncan-Smith is spearheading the welfare reform and insists the system is broken, and has polling to show that a majority of the public agree.
Again, this mistake was understandable, not least because Mr Blair did see constitutional reform as an unavoidable chore bequeathed by John Smith.
Chloe Smith, minister for political and constitutional reform, said the bill had the government's full support.
And creating a simpler welfare system would also be a progressive move, he said, downplaying the perceived rift with Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith over the high costs of implementing such a reform.
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Mr Duncan Smith has outlined a range of options for the wholesale reform of Britain's benefit system, which he claims has reached breaking point.
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Last week, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith instructed officials to "look again" at how the reform would affect disabled people, after concerns were raised by charities.
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Smith has an opportunity to learn from the impressive success of Medicaid reform under Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana, in which Indiana was actually able to expand coverage by shifting the structure of Medicaid insurance from the traditional, World War II model to a modern, consumer-driven one.
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Adam Smith's invisible hand is nowhere to be found in health care reform.
On Monday , Commons business begins with questions to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith and his team - perhaps a chance for a final Labour thwack at the just-passed Welfare Reform Bill.
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