"The incentive to work" is a foul Victorian era concept that we should have removed from our discourse a long time ago. It's the argument for workhouses ... https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1250028990573817857

It treats people like obstinate donkeys who can only be motivated with the stick. It's sickeningly degrading as a way of talking about other human beings.

It's the hateful (but persistent) myth of the "feckless poor".