In October 2005 Leona McDermid wrote a paper called "Bridging The Gap" (available through the Social Firms UK Resource Centre as a freely downloadable PDF). This discussed reforming Welfare To Work in the UK, looked at the Benefits System and produced recommendations for improvement. The topic was similar to a report produced in October 2004 by Social Enterprise Partnership about the situation in England, called "Addressing disincentives to work associated with the welfare benefits system in the UK and abroad" (also available in PDF format through the Social Firms UK Resource Centre). "Different routes, same destination" is Leona's analysis of the two approaches taken in these two reports.
Also recommended reading: 'Addressing benefit barriers to work' by Social Firms UK and Social Enterprise Partnership (October 2005)
