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Helping get young people into work
This report looks at five critical elements of the school-to-work transition for young people – the role of employers, vocational education, apprenticeships, careers guidance,…
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Welfare Reform fails to help people into work says LSE
The coalition’s welfare reforms have failed to help social housing tenants into work, an academic study commissioned by social landlords. According to reports in…
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Benefit Sanctions – call for independent review
The coalition’s benefit sanctions regime, under which more than 1 million jobseekers had their unemployment benefits stopped last year, has spawned hundreds of documentary…
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HACT support new start ups
This the the content of a flyer which came our way from HACT: We are pleased to announce that HACT and the Community Development Finance Association (CDFA) are…
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London councils push models for running work programmes
Devolving Work Programme commissioning to London councils would spark greater take-up of the scheme by social landlords, sector figures have said. According to Inside…
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Support for vulnerable people in the job market
This paper focusses on improving support into the job market for people with health conditions and disabilities and those facing long-term unemployment, who face…
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DWP to access personal data from Feb 15
The government has changed the law to allow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to share universal credit claimants’ personal data with social…
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The new self employed
Much more than other countries in Europe, the UK’s jobs recovery is being led by a surge in the number of self-employed workers. Who…
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Flexble working
This report considers the role that flexible working options can play in raising female employment rates, and reducing the number of women working below…
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Skills education for 14-19 year olds
Persistently high youth unemployment and changes in the labour market mean that the UK needs better, clearer school-to-work pathways for our young people. same-old-mistakes_Dec2014…
