He considered the view that New Labour's welfare reforms were "workfarist" and argued that in this context it must refer to social policy being put in line with free market economic growth.
他认为新工党福利改革是“工作福利制（英语：Workfare）”的观点，并认为在这种情况下，必须把社会政策与自由市场经济增长挂钩。