Gary Gibbon
Work programme needs more work
It’s not written in the most strident language, but a report the government has been sitting on contains confirmation that one of the DWP’s pet projects is failing in one of its central tasks.
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FactCheck: Work Programme still under pressure to prove its worth
The government’s back-to-work programme is praised by ministers but damned as a failure by the unions. FactCheck referees.
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Gary Gibbon
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Victoria Macdonald
It’s the non-work programme, charity says
The government’s work programme isn’t working, according to a leading disability charity, which predicts a success rate of a maximum of 12 per cent.
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FactCheck: The Work Programme is improving – but it still fails the sick and disabled
The latest figures from the Work Programme have been hailed as a success by the government – and a resounding failure by Labour and the unions. FactCheck cuts through the spin.
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Is the work programme working?
Mark Hoban, minister for work and pensions, says the government’s work programme has made “significant progress” as figures show more than half of contractors have failed to meet their targets.
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‘Extremely poor’ Work Programme slammed by MPs
First official figures showed the Work Programme got 3.5 per cent into long-term jobs. Now a report finds the scheme is not helping those who need it most and criticises DWP for lack of transparency.
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Cameron and Miliband do battle over Work Programme figures
The Work Programme dominates Prime Minister’s Questions – with Labour leader Ed Miliband saying it’s a “historic first” because “you’re more likely to get a job if you’re not on the programme”.
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FactCheck: Why the Work Programme isn’t working – yet
Although we are only one year into a two-year scheme, today’s Work Programme figures are bad news for the Department for Work and Pensions – and the numbers for ill and disabled people are even worse.
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Jackie Long
Official: Work Programme gets 3.5 per cent into work
The Work Programme figures are not a disaster, says the employment minister. But not one of the 18 providers met the government’s end of first year minimum target on sustainable work.
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Jackie Long
Work Programme results: the long wait is over
The company and Work and Pensions insisted the figures we broadcast were misleading and incomplete and we should wait for their official numbers. Well the wait is nearly over.
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Work Programme figures prove Emma Harrison wrong
“All your numbers are wrong,” former A4e boss Emma Harrison told Channel 4 News after leaked figures showed the company found work for four in 100 people. But official figures contradict her claims.
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Work Programme ‘may be unsustainable’
After a Channel 4 News investigation revealed that A4E has failed to meet its Work Programme targets, the head of one charity involved in the programme claims it may now be unsustainable.
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FactCheck: Why leaked A4E data suggests Work Programme isn’t working
The background The government launched the Work Programme in June last year, calling it the biggest welfare-to-work initiative in UK history. Is it working? With more than 2.5 million people unemployed, there’s a huge amount riding on that question. And the government now says it wants to export the same kind of model – outsourcing…
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£46m payout for A4e – despite missing Work Programme targets
A4e received £46m from the taxpayer in the first year of the government’s flagship Work Programme – despite failing to meet minimum targets for getting the long-term unemployed into work.
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Jackie Long
Is the Work Programme working?
Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long investigates what the numbers supplied by the government say about the success of its Work Programme.
