Archive for October, 2009
Posted on October 29th, 2009.
Today, I travelled to my Tribunal (details I will post separately) and the whole system is pathetic! From my experience I have realised that an Appeal Tribunal is simply a tick box to make you feel like you have done your best. After all DWP select the rules (regardless of what the law states) and [...]
["Social Security and Child Support Appeal Tribunal: pathetic!"] |
5 Comments!
Posted on October 25th, 2009.
SAVE DLA AND ALL DISABILITY BENEFITS Tony Greenstein Having already abolished Incapacity Benefit, New Labour has now made it clear that it wants to scrap ALL disability benefits. On July 14th New Labour published a Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Care. Reading through the spin, the message is clear. Disability Living Allowance is ‘inefficient’ [...]
["Save Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance"] |
2 Comments!
Posted on October 25th, 2009.
New Deal is bad for your health!
["New Deal is bad for your health"] |
18 Comments!
Posted on October 21st, 2009.
New Deal Scandal exposes the scam that is the Labour Market System (LMS) or simply put the pool of jobs Employment Officers, New Deal Personal Advisers and Jobseeker Direct staff give to jobseekers as Jobseeker Directions and those on the jobpoints and the direct gov and jobcentre plus websites.
["Jobcentre Plus Labour Market System"] |
42 Comments!
Posted on October 21st, 2009.
New Deal Scandal can reveal that the former Finance Director was demoted after A4e recruited Sarah Aston, A4e’s newly created position of Group Head of Risk, in April 2009, designed to centrally combat fraud for Flexible New Deal contracts.
["A4e Finance Director demoted after Group Head of Risk recruited"] |
3 Comments!
Posted on October 20th, 2009.
Taken from Watching A4e’s Two Memoranda article: A4e says that it has introduced a procedure whereby 50% of all claims are routinely checked by an independent team which phones the employer to verify that the client is working there, and can check with the Jobcentre that the client is off benefit. Whats the point of getting [...]
["A4e only checks half of claims before claiming job outcomes"] |
10 Comments!
Posted on October 20th, 2009.
Section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 enables the Secretary of State to approve arrangements “for the purpose of assisting persons to select, train for, obtain and retain employment suitable for their ages and capacities”. The New Deal Employment Subsidy (New Deal only vacancies) is administered under this Act.
["7260 New Deal vacancies advertised in the last year"] |
14 Comments!
Posted on October 18th, 2009.
So, with Flexible New Deal jobseekers are meant to have the following privileges: “Customer Choice“: ability to (in some areas) choose provider Receiving a statement: stating expectations, how the provider is paid and how they can complain to the Ombudsman Independent Ombudsman: as a last resort to complain to Flexible New Deal providers get the [...]
["Where is the Flexible New Deal Ombudsman?"] |
7 Comments!
Posted on October 16th, 2009.
Today I have received an email from a New Deal Scandal blog reader and ex-New Deal participant who is upset at his mistreatment of this New Deal farce: I know its a diabolical situation & I am so glad I found your website because I was beginning to think it was just me who thought [...]
["Dear Gordon Brown"] |
No Comments: Be the first!
Posted on October 11th, 2009.
You the blog reader may decide. Emma Harrison claims that A4e is a victim of fraud… really? Not exactly a new issue or article worthy of being called “news”, however, I would like to report corporate happenings behind big businesses such as A4e. New Deal Scandal already reported about an director of A4e of the [...]
["Victim of Fraud: A4e or the Taxpayer?"] |
2 Comments!
Posted on October 9th, 2009.
A4e works? No it doesn’t!
["A4e works?"] |
6 Comments!
Posted on October 8th, 2009.
I am proud to acknowledge that New Deal Scandal is #1 for Flexible New Deal on Yahoo – this is above all providers. Screenshot enclosed.
["New Deal Scandal number one on Yahoo for Flexible New Deal"] |
No Comments: Be the first!
Posted on October 7th, 2009.
It has become more than a coincidence personally of being required to sign a declaration on a blank page.
["Jobcentre Plus forces jobseekers to sign empty pages"] |
7 Comments!
Posted on October 7th, 2009.
New Deal Scandal can reveal that not only does Jobcentre Plus promote illegal jobs but Department for Work and Pensions actually creates unlawful discriminative employment vacancies.
["Jobcentre Plus promotes illegal job vacancies"] |
30 Comments!
|