The Prime Minister sets out the government’s ‘fair rules’ agenda today, outlining a wide range of policy initiatives to support strong communities. Published on the eve of the Queen’s speech, the Fair Rules for Strong Communities strategy sets out a comprehensive series of reforms covering welfare reform, crime and policing, children and young people, business rules, immigration and communities, which are designed to bring people together and steer the country through the global economic downturn. Building on the action taken to deliver real economic help to families and businesses, the strategy sets out over fifty measures to strengthen the rules that tie communities together, strengthen enforcement, and provide for clearer consequences for rule-breakers. This includes a new ‘one strike rule’ for benefits cheats under which they could lose their benefits for up to four weeks.
 
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02 December 2008
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