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Back to work scheme ''faces collapse''

  • Jim Allison BSc, Inst LE, MBIM; MA (Consumer Protection & Social Welfare Law)
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13 years 3 months ago #65499 by Jim Allison BSc, Inst LE, MBIM; MA (Consumer Protection & Social Welfare Law)
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Without an urgent rethink the coalition's flagship back to work scheme – the Work Programme – could fail with potentially dire consequences for the 2.4m long term unemployed it is designed to help, according to the think tank that was originally behind the scheme.

At least 90 per cent of organisations involved in delivering the programme risk having their contracts terminated because of unreachable performance targets set by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Social Market Foundation (SMF) has said.

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Can't say I'm surprised, in my opinion it was doomed from the start.

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13 years 3 months ago #65536 by billkruse
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Or it could be that they're just angling for more money. That's how I read it.

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13 years 3 months ago #65538 by Jim Allison BSc, Inst LE, MBIM; MA (Consumer Protection & Social Welfare Law)
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Bill,

There is no more money, as more and more services are slashed.

If the organisations cannot do their job, they should lose the contract.

If workers can't do their job, they eventually get fired, so organisations shouldn't be treated any differently.

Jim

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13 years 3 months ago #65596 by clio
my son who is unemployed was with a company called jobsteps who where he went each week to help get a job, cv, interview technics etc. this as now been stopped NO MONEY and he is back with JCP

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