More than two thirds of people on the government’s controversial Work Programme are still without a job after two years on the scheme, according to new figures.
More than two thirds of people on the government’s controversial Work Programme are still without a job after two years on the scheme, according to new figures.
This means that as many as 477,480 people have returned to Jobcentre Plus after two years on the programme, despite the fact the programme has cost taxpayers £5 billion.
The Work Programme is a welfare-to-work scheme which pays public and private providers to get people who have been in long-term unemployment into work.
But the scheme has come under a lot of criticism. In March a leaked report revealed that half of the providers had described the scheme as ineffective. A quarter of providers called it “very ineffective”, whereas 22 per cent called it “somewhat ineffective”.
The Work Programme is yet another controversial scheme, which has met with very limited success from the Department for Work and Pensions. In April it launched its “Help to Work” programme, even though its own test pilot showed it to have basically no positive effect. Only 19 per cent of people on the scheme ended up in employment – compared to 18 per cent in the control group.
Stephen Timms MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Employment, said: “These figures show the Work Programme is failing.
“More people have returned to the job centre than have got a job.
“A Labour government will introduce a Compulsory Jobs Guarantee to ensure nobody stays on benefits for more than two years.”
22 Responses to “Another Department for Work and Pensions failure?”
LB
1. They don’t control everything. Very little in reality. It’s the politicians.
2. The wealth gap has increased. So rather than moan, starting thinking.
What are the rich doing that the poor aren’t? Simple question never asked by the left.
The people who are getting richer are those that spend less money than the money coming in, and invest the surplus. Applies to rich or poor. That’s the fact.
So you need to ask, why aren’t the poor saving?
1. They have no surplus. Primary cause is low wages and taxation. The last is the biggie, the first is caused mainly by migration (government’s choice, and globalisation for tradeable jobs)
2. They are saving. They are paying lots of NI for their pension. The problem is the state spends it leaving a debt.
3. Their share of the states debts. 300K per tax payer. Median tax payer – 26K a year. Try getting a mortgage 12 times your earnings.
That’s pretty much the truth of why the poor aren’t doing as well as the rich. The root cause is the state screwing them.
LB
Nope. It’s in a mess because it has no assets, and it owes 7,100 bn,
The result is shit, and I’m in complete agreement there. However, you haven’t seen the start of it. The real result is truly dire. Far worse than Greece.