24th June

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).

New Deal performance for all providers (article still being written) - http://snipurl.com/2ohr6

Stephen Timms' speech for the W2W conference - http://snipurl.com/2ohr7

Mental patient blog highlights progress in complaints made against David Freud by Benefits and Work members - http://snipurl.com/2ohr8

Fewer NEETS than last year - http://snipurl.com/2ohr9

DWP NEWS AND REPORTS

Star ratings have finally gone ahead - http://snipurl.com/2ohra

Failed ESF London bids are retendering - http://snipurl.com/2ohrb

More info on the Local Employment Partnership Awards - http://snipurl.com/2ohrc

For 50+ customers, a study of LinkAge joined-up services http://snipurl.com/2ohrd and the causes of later-life unemployment http://snipurl.com/2ohre

For families, how maternity rights affect mothers' employment http://snipurl.com/2ohrf and the impact of employment on child poverty http://snipurl.com/2ohrg

LOCAL STORIES

Hampshire benefit fraudster - http://snipurl.com/2ohrh

County Durham IB figures - http://snipurl.com/2ohri

Tyneside Pathways to Work - http://snipurl.com/2ohrj

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