# How should welfare tell 'cannot work' from 'will not work'?

**URL:** https://forum.ukjp.org.uk/t/how-should-welfare-tell-cannot-work-from-will-not-work/24
**Category:** Principles & Manifesto
**Created:** [24 September 2026 20:33 UTC](https://forum.ukjp.org.uk/t/how-should-welfare-tell-cannot-work-from-will-not-work/24 "2026-09-24T20:33:04Z")
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### Author: ![UKJP](https://forum.ukjp.org.uk/user_avatar/forum.ukjp.org.uk/ukjp/32/11_2.png) [@UKJP](https://forum.ukjp.org.uk/u/UKJP)
#### Post date: [24 September 2026 20:33 UTC](https://forum.ukjp.org.uk/t/how-should-welfare-tell-cannot-work-from-will-not-work/24/1 "2026-09-24T20:33:04Z")

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From [the UKJP’s principles](https://ukjp.org.uk/principles/), 7. Work and contribution: _welfare exists for those who genuinely cannot provide for themselves, and a system that cannot tell them apart from those able to contribute fails both._

How should the system tell the two apart, without failing the people it exists to protect?

Any position may be argued here, including that the question is framed wrongly.