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by Daniel on 16 Aug, 2008 in
SITE NEWS - The site will be down at various points this weekend for maintenance, with some new features being added next week if all goes well.
NEWS
Ian Charlesworth of Shaw Trust goes on garden leave for unknown but presumably unfortunate reasons
Changes at Remploy continue with the appointment of a new Chief Exec
Latest labour market statistics get fudged in the DWP press release
by Daniel on 4 Aug, 2008 in
A quiet week as the Summer break kicks in. The big news is the announcement of shortlisted flexible New Deal bidders - http://snipurl.com/3b6ak (pdf)
The FT provides an overview of some of the FND bidders - http://snipurl.com/3b6al
The DWP comes under fire for staff sickies - http://snipurl.com/3b6am
Independent review of conditionality announced - http://snipurl.com/3b6an
Next up, privatising the jobcentres? - http://snipurl.com/3b6ao
The free market Heartland Institute has ranked US states on their welfare reform success after 10 years - http://snipurl.com/3b6ap
by Daniel on 23 Jul, 2008 in
SITE NEWS
The response to last week's question about revealing bid results was entirely in favour. Unless someone makes a case against it, we'll keep publishing the news when we get it. In related news, the official FND results are coming out shortly, and we'll replace the rumoured results as soon as they do so.
We've updated the Welfare Reform Green Paper article to include a breakdown of proposals, press coverage and commentary - http://snipurl.com/29l89
by Daniel on 10 Jul, 2008 in
SITE NEWS
Who passed flexible New Deal pre-qualification? - http://snipurl.com/2w8ff
Would you like us to keep publishing pre-release details of who wins which contracts? Why? Why not? We'll be making decisions about whether to release future lists based on what you write, so make sure you get heard - http://snipurl.com/2w8fg
A4e rumours scotched - http://snipurl.com/2w8fh
MAIN STORIES
Purnell's speech to the welfare-to-work conference gave away more details of the upcoming Welfare Reform Green Paper - http://snipurl.com/2w8fi
by Daniel on 25 Jun, 2008 in
A request to all our subscribers - I'm looking for people to make Freedom of Information requests en masse, so we can put together some proper performance statistics for providers. Let me know if you're willing to help by replying to this e-mail!
Also, I'm going to be reporting from the welfare-to-work conference over the next two days. Get in touch if you have anything to add, or fancy meeting up. See you there?
MAIN STORIES
ERSA chair Fran Parry has joined Angus McKnight, the owners of Work Directions in Australia (but not in the UK, confusingly).
by Daniel on 19 Jun, 2008 in
We've just received details of New Deal and Programme Centre performance across Great Britain from the DWP. It appears they've only sent details from last October to this March, but we'll put what we can up later in the week.
MAIN STORY - WORK SKILLS
by Daniel on 10 Jun, 2008 in
We've updated the user registration on the site. You can now log in to the site using your e-mail address or username, whichever you prefer.
Question of the Week - What do you want us to write about? Guaranteed response! - http://snipurl.com/2eu2i
The official DWP 'how to get involved with flexible New Deal' guide. Pretty much mirrors what we said last week, but with more details - http://snipurl.com/1rwm8
The DWP has launched a 3rd sector welfare reform taskforce, to improve third sector engagement with welfare-to-work services - http://snipurl.com/2eu2j (press release)
by Daniel on 3 Jun, 2008 in
Most of the DWP ESF contracts have been officially confirmed - http://snipurl.com/2cbpn
Question of the Week - how can you tell if someone is job ready? - http://snipurl.com/2cbpo
Conservatives promise 'substantial profits' for charities running public services - http://snipurl.com/2cbpp
Community work should not affect benefits, say third sector organisations - http://snipurl.com/2cbpq (subscription required)
Discontent is growing over Employment and Support Allowance, with charities and MPs expressing concerns - http://snipurl.com/2cbpr
by Daniel on 27 May, 2008 in
HEADLINES
Interested in flexible New Deal subcontracting? The DWP have sent out a form to fill that puts you on a database of candidates - http://snipurl.com/2aumf
The DWP want providers to share their employers with the Local Employment Partnerships - http://snipurl.com/2aume (pdf)
by Daniel on 19 May, 2008 in
HEADLINES
Panorama covers welfare-to-work in 'Britain on the Sick' at 8.30pm, BBC1 tonight. Here's a lead-in article on the BBC News website that asks the simple question, how do you get people into work in areas with no jobs? - http://snipurl.com/29l88
The government's gone to consultation on a new Welfare Reform bill as part of its legislative programme, but details are a bit sketchy right now - http://snipurl.com/29l89
