10th July

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

A Commons Select Committee finds no evidence that third sector delivery improves services - http://snipurl.com/2w8fj

DWP agrees a new, single proof of job entry across all employment programmes - http://snipurl.com/1rwm8

Schizophrenic IB claimant 'Bonkers Bob' goes to provider-led Pathways interview, gets told he hasn't 'got a real disability like your right arm missing'. Some providers haven't really got the hang of mental health support yet - http://snipurl.com/2w8fk

Mark Baker of the RNID lambasts disability reforms - http://snipurl.com/2w8fl

ECONOMY AND STATISTICS

OECD predict 120,000 more jobless people in 2009. Lots of other good stuff in there, including a note about the unexplained rise in mental health benefits claims - http://snipurl.com/2w8fm (pdf)

OECD also recommend better skills and employment support for young people - http://snipurl.com/2w8fn

Benefit payments: fraud down, errors up - http://snipurl.com/2w8fo

Local Employment Partnerships still way below target - http://snipurl.com/2w8fp

LOCAL NEWS

Glasgow Works is meeting its targets - http://snipurl.com/2w8fq

Shaw Trust and Morrison Trust deliver Tees Valley NDDP - http://snipurl.com/2w8fr

Norwich benefit cheat claimed £18,000 - http://snipurl.com/2w8fs

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