16th August

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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

DWP PR people: what they do and how it can get awkward

COMMENT

Shadow DWP Minister Chris Grayling does a Q&A, says he'll use welfare reform savings to eliminate the couples penalty

Community Links' blog suggests using the Gregg review of conditionality to accommodate the informal economy

An IB claimant decides to go to a Work Focused Interview and promptly regrets it - hopefully not a common experience

RESEARCH

How child poverty affects later life

IB claimants, one year after their initial claim

Vocational Rehabilitation works, although the proof isn't linked to here

What JCP customers think about the Strategy for Skills: skills advisers good, non-demand-led training and compulsory training bad

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