09
Sep
2010
– The Big Society: Financially Viable or Not?
Outsourcing public services to the third sector is a central tenet of the government’s Big Society initiative. However, the leaders […]
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09
Sep
2010
– Nearly 4 Million UK Households are Jobless
The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) report on employment and worklessness shows that 3.9 million households in the UK […]
Read moreThe much debated WCA test under which the government reassess the medical condition of 2.62 million incapacity benefit claimants. Has […]
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08
Sep
2010
– Robustness of Proposed LEPs Questioned
Earlier this week the government confirmed that it had received 56 requests from councils and businesses across England to establish […]
Read moreNew research conducted by Cambridge University on behalf of the housing association Shelter has concluded that the government’s cuts in […]
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07
Sep
2010
– Weatherspoons to Recruit 1,000 School Leavers
Weatherspoons to Recruit 1,000 School Leavers
Read moreSkills deficit is looming
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06
Sep
2010
– JCP short-term contracts come to an end
JCP short-term contracts
Read moreThe recent cancellation of FND and FND1 caused distress and much anguish in the sector. Organisations had spent considerable time, […]
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