https://leftfootforward.org/2010/03/job-guarantees-give-hope-to-long-term-unemployed/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Thu, 20 May 2010 15:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://leftfootforward.org/2010/03/job-guarantees-give-hope-to-long-term-unemployed/comment-page-2/#comment-26463 Thu, 20 May 2010 15:01:53 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=10648#comment-26463 […] may be good news. On the other hand, the Job Guarantee currently provided for young people through the Future Jobs Fund gets no mention – a key concern […]

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2010/03/job-guarantees-give-hope-to-long-term-unemployed/comment-page-2/#comment-13108 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:19:41 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=10648#comment-13108 Job Guarantees give hope to long-term unemployed | Left Foot Forward http://bit.ly/bH54nc

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2010/03/job-guarantees-give-hope-to-long-term-unemployed/#comment-13100 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:22:52 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=10648#comment-13100 The Government has extended the Future Jobs Fund to everyone out of work and claiming bene… http://reduce.li/752zew #guarantees

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2010/03/job-guarantees-give-hope-to-long-term-unemployed/#comment-13089 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:31:39 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=10648#comment-13089 […] Job Guarantees give hope to long-term unemployed Nicola has a guest post today on Left Foot Forward: "This is a truly progressive policy. It provides Government recognition that nearly all unemployed people want to work, and that unemployment is not the fault of lazy individuals, but a consequence of social and economic failures. It recognises that people facing unemployment need support and not punishment. And it is not just the sentiment that is sound. Evidence shows that job guarantee policies provide the greatest chance of preventing long-term unemployment destroying the lives of individuals and communities and enabling unemployed people to move into work." Related posts (automatically generated):The case for a ‘job guarantee’ to prevent long-term unemploymentBudget 2010: Progressives Liveblog – 24 March, 12pmPBR youth unemployment measures will help avoid a lost generation […]

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2010/03/job-guarantees-give-hope-to-long-term-unemployed/#comment-13035 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:32:39 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=10648#comment-13035 Jamie, for the first time in a long time we already have a progressive job guarantee programme in place – the Future Jobs Fund. The proposals in ‘Building Bridges’ are specifically for the Future Jobs Fund model (which provides transitional jobs funded at least NMW for at least six months) to be extended to everyone who has been out of work and claiming JSA for two years. This really is a significant policy shift.

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2010/03/job-guarantees-give-hope-to-long-term-unemployed/#comment-13022 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:51:25 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=10648#comment-13022 The lack of scepticism about such a “guarantee” is sad. Where is the precedent that this will actually be met at all or at least to effect, without a fudge?

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2010/03/job-guarantees-give-hope-to-long-term-unemployed/#comment-12995 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:23:04 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=10648#comment-12995 RT @leftfootfwd TUC: Job Guarantees give hope to l-t unemployed and are a cause for celebration http://bit.ly/cCMGYR <– couldn't agree more

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