Welfare reform to make it more responsive to people’s needs

The welfare services are undergoing a “restructuring” making them more responsive to people’s needs, the government said on Tuesday, but skeptical MPs countered that the proof is in the pudding.

Briefing the House labour committee, Deputy Social Welfare Minister Clea Hadjistefanou-Papaellina spoke of an ongoing effort “to boost social cohesion, protect vulnerable groups and build a society of equal opportunity, inclusion and solidarity”....