Archive for February, 2010
Posted on February 26th, 2010.
Ipswich Unemployed Action recently reported that YMCA Training failed to deliver their accounts in time. Flexible New Deal Scandal can now reveal that A4e’s A4e Management Ltd business also has overdue accounts. YMCA Training: A4e Management: Ironically both sets of accounts were supposed to be delivered on the same day.
["A4e & YMCA Training: Overdue Accounts"] |
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Posted on February 26th, 2010.
Any ideas what this is about?
["A4E INSIGHT LTD"] |
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Posted on February 24th, 2010.
DWP New Deal 13 week Course, Skills Training Ltd, Hounslow Final Report by Martin Langley to 18/12/09 We have recently received a very long comment from “Martin Langley” which in order to give it justice I have decided to give it a new post! Again, like the “Cocheese” one it is much better than most [...]
["New Deal 13 week Course, Skills Training Ltd, Hounslow"] |
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Posted on February 21st, 2010.
New Labour POLICY requirements: Are they bullshit or not? We have recently received a very long post from “Cocheese” which in order to give it justice I have decided to give it a new post! I have linked this to the original comment page…
["New Labour POLICY requirements: Are they bullshit or not?"] |
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Posted on February 20th, 2010.
“Want to help people? Volunteer as a mentor to unemployed customers in Eltham and Greenwich” Want to help people? Volunteer as a mentor to unemployed customers in Eltham and Greenwich (London) A4e are urgently seeking enthusiastic highly motivated volunteers to mentor long-term unemployed people on a weekly basis in Woolwich and Croydon. Mentors provide support [...]
["Want to help A4e? Volunteer as a mentor to unemployed customers"] |
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Posted on February 14th, 2010.
Flexible New Deal Ombudsman There is meant to be a Flexible New Deal Ombudsman (was recommended) – which doesn’t currently exist. We are launching a new blog today that exposes such concerns to Flexible New Deal participants who might not be aware of such recommendations for an independent body to overlook and regulate Flexible New [...]
["Flexible New Deal Ombudsman: Where? New Blog launched"] |
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Posted on February 13th, 2010.
Flexible New Deal Scandal can reveal that after an year long investigation Jobcentre Plus has been unfairly forcing jobseekers to sign off. When Income Based jobseekers receive a notification of sanction which specify dates they wont be receiving any money – the following paragraph contains a sentence specifying that they can’t pay the jobseeker any [...]
["Jobcentre Plus unlawfully forces Claimants to sign off"] |
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Posted on February 11th, 2010.
Flexible New Deal provider Reed in Partnership offers a 3 week training course called “The Journey™” (they like it so much they have acknowledged it’s a relevant aspect of their trading – although they haven’t registered it - as “The Journey” is actually a registered trademark of Manifest Abundance Ltd) which is commonly referred to [...]
["Flexible New Deal: Reed in Partnership "Journey" course"] |
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Posted on February 10th, 2010.
Oh dear, what hope have jobseekers got with Flexible New Deal prime contractor TNG (Training Network Group) got when TNG can’t even spell “success” – so how can they provide support to jobseekers to gain success? Sucess Stories Screenshot and link inside. This was noticed on www.flexiblenewdeal.info on 10th Feb 2010!
["Flexible New Deal: TNG can't spell success – Jobseekers doomed!"] |
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Posted on February 5th, 2010.
A Freedom of Information request reveals that DWP’s Risk Assurance Division (RAD) received 60 referrals of allegations of fraud or abuse of New Deal programmes by New Deal providers for the period since April 2006 until end of December 2009.
["DWP Risk Assurance Division receives 60 New Deal Fraud allegations"] |
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Posted on February 5th, 2010.
At the start of this century, a law called Freedom of Information Act was created. We do a lot of reporting of information obtained with this law and recently I have realised that information stopped becoming available from before the 2006-07 tax year – this is apparently due to them having a new computer system. [...]
["DWP destroys Freedom of Information data"] |
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Posted on February 4th, 2010.
Figures have been released after a Freedom of Information Act request revealing the extent of the Department for Work and Pensions own employment policies. They, however, refused to reveal how many dismissed members of staff signed on as a consequence. To summarise: 1 in 5 dismissed DWP employees sacked for Gross Misconduct 122 members of [...]
["1 in 5 DWP staff sacked for Gross Misconduct; DWP shreds 2.63% of total workforce"] |
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Posted on February 2nd, 2010.
A Freedom of Information request states: I can confirm that from 1st April 2006 until 4th January 2010, one Welfare to Work Provider in Merseyside has had to pay back monies to DWP as a consequence of fraud. The overpayment was £146 and was the result of fraud by an individual employee of the company. [...]
["Merseyside "Welfare to Work" provider pays back £146 overpayment: employee fraud"] |
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Posted on February 2nd, 2010.
So… Flexible New Deal provider TNG (Training Network Group) uses Open Source (free*) software to run its website. However, TNG hides such copyright notice by commenting it (keeping it in the source code but ensuring it isn’t displayed on the webpage) out however leaving the message “Website design by Avanta Marketing Department” rather clearly.
["TNG uses Open Source Joomla but hides copyright notice"] |
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