Jean-Andre Prager
Senior Fellow
Jean-André Prager – who has been a long-standing and highly respected Special Adviser for the Department for Work and Pensions to several Prime Ministers, has joined Policy Exchange as a Senior Fellow. Jean- André will specialise on welfare reform and broader disability issues.
Download Publication Online Reader This new report by Policy Exchange shines a light on an often overlooked part of the welfare system: the appeals process for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). It argues that we need to fundamentally reform our appeals process for health and disability benefits to raise decision-making quality, improve democratic accountability and ensure the support provided is both sustainable and targeted appropriately. […]
Download Publication Online Reader This new report by Policy Exchange identifies how poor incentives have driven overdiagnosis of mental ill health and neurodivergence in young people, stretching key public services to breaking point. It takes a unique, holistic view of the systems to support young people across health, education and welfare. The costs of support across all three areas have spiralled to tens of billions each year, whilst […]
Download Publication Online Reader A major new report – backed by former Labour Work and Pensions Secretary Lord Blunkett – calls for a radical overhaul to the health and disability benefits system, arguing that Britain’s health and disability benefit system for people of working age isn’t working: fiscally, technically or morally. Forecasts from the Office of Budget Responsibility suggests that if the growth of health and disability benefit spending to 2028/29 […]