We had recently reported that possibly A4e had pulled Benefit Busters Epidsode 2 from the TV repeat and On Demand services. Last night there was concerns that maybe the Government was involved in pulling the show off the air and off the internet.
["Did the Government get A4e Benefit Busters Episode 2 pulled from On Demand?"] | 14 Comments!It seems that Channel 4′s Benefit Busters Episode 2 was pulled from Virgin Media On Demand service and the online 4od service. Why? Rumour has it that perhaps A4e ordered the On Demand/Catch Up availability to be removed due to concerned pressures over the services provided which could lose them their Flexible New Deal contracts [...]
["Did A4e get Benefit Busters Episode 2 pulled from On Demand?"] | 14 Comments!Sorry to all New Deal Scandal blog viewers for not commenting on the Episode 2 of Benefit Busters on the Longterm Unemployed – I have not yet seen it and is not available On Demand and via the 4od website. What are Channel 4 playing at? I will review the Channel 4 Benefit Busters Series [...]
["Channel 4 Benefit Busters Episode 2 not On Demand"] | 13 Comments!The previous New Deal Scandal record was smashed by a figure almost double the previous record since Benefit Busters was shown.
["New Deal Scandal unique visitors double after A4e featured on Benefit Busters"] | No Comments: Be the first!The first Channel 4 documentary programme/entertainment show Benefit Busters on single mums at A4e Doncaster made a strong start on the 20th August with a combined 2.39 million viewers (10.8%) – 2.2 million viewers (9.7%) at 9pm on Channel 4 and another 190,000 (1.1%) on Channel 4 +1. The A4e Hull featured Channel 4 documentary [...]
["1 in 10 TV viewers watched Benefit Busters"] | 1 Comment so farIt is official – the Government has succeeded with its campaign against bullying genuine claimants from claiming benefits they are legally entitled to. In a survey of the 100 most annoying things for 2008, benefit scroungers bet the Credit Crunch and Gordon Brown to the top spot.
["Benefit scroungers are Britains most annoying pet hate"] | 12 Comments!Benefit Busters is on again tomorrow at 9pm. The first episode of Series 1 of Benefit Busters spreaded a lot of anger of Princess Emma of Sheffield in her mansion and A4e: the largest New Deal Provider. New Deal Scandal will review the preview clips of Episode 2 of Benefit Busters – this show could [...]
["Benefit Busters: Episode 2 Preview"] | 33 Comments!We can report (thanks to UKBIX) that The Guardian has apologised on behalf of The Observer who had been misinformed by the Department for Work and Pensions for reporting recruitment company Working Links to be still under investigation for fraud. IT NO LONGER APPEARS THAT WORKING LINKS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR FRAUD.
["Working Links: no longer under investigation"] | No Comments: Be the first!Interesting links on A4e Doncaster featured Benefit Busters Series 1, Episode 1 that was shown on Channel 4 last Thursday night.
["Benefit Busters Episode 1"] | 2 Comments!So it has been a hot topic in the recent week…. Benefit Busters at A4e Doncaster. I have already expressed disappointment regarding the low outcome by A4e the largest welfare provider in the UK that also has business interests overseas. Since the Benefit Busters show, I have been reviewing feedback across the internet. The comments [...]
["A4e Benefit Busters Single Mums Review"] | 15 Comments!As we all might be aware that the Channel 4 Benefit Busters show was designed for publicity for A4e rather than a fair insight in to the benefit system. Thursday’s (20th August) show which featured the training provider Action for Employment (otherwise known as A4e) and their star tutor/trainer/sales person/staff member Hayley Taylor (which I [...]
["A4e Benefit Busters: why A4e isn't the answer for welfare"] | 13 Comments!For a 3 part documentary called “Benefit Busters” two episodes will feature A4e. One episode that was shown on the 20th August 2009 was at A4e Doncaster focusing on lone parents whilst the other episode coming up next week will be at A4e Hull focusing on the unemployed. At A4e Doncaster, Hayley Taylor co-ordinates a [...]
["A4e Benefit Busters"] | 9 Comments!New Deal Scandal can reveal that there were 91,054 formal complaints made to the Jobcentre Plus District Managers over the last 2 years. This is around 3,794 complaints a month on average.
["90,000 formal complaints to Jobcentre Plus"] | 24 Comments!The National Minimum Wage (NMW) has celebrated 10 years this year. 1.5 million people are cheated out of receiving the National Minimum Wage. New Deal Scandal asks “Has the National Minimum Wage solved anything?”
["National Minimum Wage (NMW)"] | 5 Comments!For over a decade the Government has seen to want to throw money at solving problems such as unemployment, which doesn’t work. I don’t doubt for one second that the New Deal created loads of new jobs and helped people find employment. Sadly though these jobs were mostly for training providers to help deliver the [...]
["How the Government can solve Unemployment for FREE!"] | 19 Comments!Due to other long term commitments New Deal Scandal support will be discontinued after 31st October 2009.
["New Deal Scandal nears End of Life"] | 7 Comments!New Deal Scandal have heard a lot of concern in the ways that the Department for Work and Pensions processes our private and confidential information including thousands of DWP staff not being aware of or receiving training on proper information handling. The Information Commissioner has ruled that there is no wrong doing in the practices [...]
["Information Commissioner: Jobcentre Plus sending sensitive information to Royal Mail is OK"] | No Comments: Be the first!New Deal Scandal can reveal that the Department for Work and Pensions has no intention for making any prosecutions for prime contractors deliberately defrauding the system. The Department for Work and Pensions currently has no plans of stopping Flexible New Deal contracts being awarded to prime contractors who have previously defrauded the system on numerous [...]
["No prosecutions for New Deal Fraud"] | 3 Comments!New Deal Scandal can reveal that as of the end of July 2009 there are 4 ongoing fraud investigations regarding New Deal and 1 regarding Pathways to Work.
["New Deal Fraud: 4 outstanding fraud investigations"] | No Comments: Be the first!YMCA Training had been using 517 London Road since April 2003. Ipswich Unemployed Action has reported that over 6 years later they have submitted a retrospective planning application to gain D1 consent. This came long after a year when they had enforcement action taken against them for not having D1 consent for Dencora House. They [...]
["517 London Road planning permission finally applied for"] | 1 Comment so farIt only seemed a couple of days ago that I added a statement to the right sidebar saying we had just exceeded over 12,500 unique visitors. Just now I have noticed it saying 15,007 unique visitors… a bit of research tells me it is approximately the size of the Cambridgeshire city of Ely.
["Everyone in Ely has visited us!"] | No Comments: Be the first!So Welfare Reforms plans are out and so is Flexible New Deal… they plan to make us work for below that National Minimum Wage; but surely aren’t we getting worked up about nothing?
["Work for your Benefit: aren't we getting a little bit worked up over nothing?"] | 3 Comments!Blog post hall of fame.
["Top 10 New Deal Scandal posts of all time"] | 1 Comment so farAfter some extensive research into UK Unemployment Benefit (Jobseekers Allowance) and New Deal related legislation, New Deal Scandal can inform you, confirmed by DWP, that the £4 weekly travel deductions are unlawful. This means New Deal participants past and present are entitled to be reimbursed.
["Been on New Deal? You are likely to be owed over £50"] | 43 Comments!New Deal Scandal can reveal that Neil Watson resigned as a director in addition to dropping down to a less senior position while Mark Stanley took the position of Finance Director. This is a very rare occurence in business.
["Mark Stanley replaces Neil Watson as Finance Director for A4e"] | 2 Comments!New Deal Scandal can confirm that in the last year (2008-09) the Department for Work and Pensions spent £184,857,504 on Royal Mail postage services.
["DWP spends £185 million on postage services"] | No Comments: Be the first!New Deal Scandal can reveal that the new Jobcentre Plus CEO, Darra Singh OBE, was one of the masterminds behind a new National Service system where in particular young unemployed people are to be forced to “volunteer” or lose their benefits.
["New Jobcentre Plus Chief Executive is pro compulsory national volunteering"] | 5 Comments!I am rather happy to announce that in the first 3 months New Deal Scandal has seen over 12,000 unique visitors. I hope this blog has been of some great use to you and the other 12,158 (correct at time of typing this) plus unique visitors. We had some problems with A4e trying to shut [...]
["New Deal Scandal: Exceeds 12,000 unique visitors in 3 months"] | 3 Comments!New Deal Scandal can reveal that A4e had tried to avoid paying tax.
["A4e experiments tax avoidance: pays no tax"] | No Comments: Be the first!If you receive “D W P ADVICE CONFIRMS” on your bank statement instead of the usual “AB123456C DWP JSA” read on.
["D W P ADVICE CONFIRMS??"] | 2 Comments!
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