The government is promising to make poor people "better off" as it sets out plans to ensure those in work are paid more than the unemployed. A "universal credit", sanctions for those turning down jobs and a cap on benefits paid to a single family are among the changes outlined. But ministers have dropped plans to impose a 10% housing benefit cut for anyone unemployed for more than a year. Labour backs some changes but says help for people to find work is inadequate. The changes, outlined in the Welfare Reform Bill, include:
* A single universal credit to come into force in 2013
* Tax changes to enable people to keep more income
* Changes to the disability living allowance
* More details of the back-to-work programme
* Those refusing to work facing a maximum three-year loss of benefits
* Annual benefit cap of about £26,000 per family
* Review of sickness absence levels
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