House of Common Criminals
Have you ever wondered about the people who run our country? They cost taxpayers’ £93 million a year
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Jobcentre Plus suppression continues: jobseekers have zero rights
It is official: jobseekers have no rights. Jobcentre Plus doesn’t follow the law. There is no punishment against the Department for Work and Pensions for breaking the law or for human rights violations. Claiming benefits has become more difficult with many Benefit Delivery Centres using lie detectors which work by picking up anxiety etc. in [...]
["Jobcentre Plus suppression continues: jobseekers have zero rights"] | 9 Comments!Jobcentre Plus suppression continues: false allegations
We recently reported about Jobcentre Plus suppression regarding the misuse of security officers and police time in ejecting jobseekers from the Jobcentre Plus offices for false incriminating reasons to prevent them getting their legal entitlement. This misconduct was only the start: a blog reader added more worrying concerns who states that the Hackney Jobcentre Plus [...]
["Jobcentre Plus suppression continues: false allegations"] | 2 Comments!Jobcentre Plus: security and assaults
You may have heard about assaults on Jobcentre Plus staff in the news, however, these figures are largely distorted. They refer to Incident Cases and not solely due to physical assault – which we will explain later. Six months ago Jobcentre Plus boasted over 1,600 security guards costing the taxpayer over £40 million a year. [...]
["Jobcentre Plus: security and assaults"] | 18 Comments!Jobseekers Future: inverted
What is with the unemployment system? “Assaults” on staff are to be dealt with by benefit sanctions and not by police. Awkward customers are to be removed from the Jobcentre Plus office by police after being held by security. Assaults are crimes, it is a police matter. Exceeding your time slot or talking back to [...]
["Jobseekers Future: inverted"] | 10 Comments!Jobseekers Allowance Scandal
Jobseekers Allowance: the Scandal (A MUST READ FOR ALL JOBSEEKERS) How many scandals can there possibly be?! Its becoming crazy now…
["Jobseekers Allowance Scandal"] | 33 Comments!What the DWP doesn't want you to know…
205 laptops lost or stolen full of confidential information. Apparently the figures are as follows 2004 – 75 Laptops 2005 – 46 Laptops 2006 – 28 Laptops 2007 – 15 Laptops 2008 – 41 Laptops £266,000 spent on entertainment. 2003-04 £79,000 (this particular figure is apparently just a estimate) 2004-05 £28,000 2005-06 £43,000 2006-07 £106,000 [...]
["What the DWP doesn't want you to know…"] | 7 Comments!a4e bank: deposit your Jobseekers here!
It has been a rumour been going around for several months now, it deserves a post! A4e founder Emma Harrison is said to have an ambition to start a bank! That’s right, she wants to start a bank aimed at poor and disadvantaged communities (or Jobseekers)!
["a4e bank: deposit your Jobseekers here!"] | 5 Comments!Jobseekers Act 1995 (as amended)
If you are seeking work and claiming Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) you would have heard about the Jobseekers Act 1995 however you are probably more familiar with it being written and acknowledged as the Jobseekers Act 1995 (as amended). What does this mean? Read on for a brief explanation on the law that applies to you.
["Jobseekers Act 1995 (as amended)"] | 36 Comments!Housing Benefit Amendment (no 2) Regulations 2009
The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has been asked by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider proposals for the above named regulations. Currently, if the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate is higher than their contractual rent, customers are able to keep the excess benefit up to a maximum of £15 per [...]
["Housing Benefit Amendment (no 2) Regulations 2009"] | 5 Comments!New Deal: wasn't designed for the "highly skilled"
New Deal wasn’t designed for those with higher skills: why not?
["New Deal: wasn't designed for the "highly skilled""] | 2 Comments!£250 million cut to Housing Benefit: claimants plunged deeper into poverty
People are increasingly loosing jobs, forced to sign on to receive Jobseekers Allowance to scrape by, hundreds of people are now applying for the same jobs and if that wasn’t bad enough, in a bid to save £234 million a year, the Government has decided to pull the £15 per week excess from Local Housing [...]
["£250 million cut to Housing Benefit: claimants plunged deeper into poverty"] | 2 Comments!Icelandic bank scandal
This has nothing to do with DWP, Jobcentre Plus or New Deal. I have been constantly thinking whether to post this or not, and I have decided to post it. Icelandic Bank Scandal
["Icelandic bank scandal"] | 3 Comments!£1.2 billion DWP Fraud: DWP Underspend, Claimants struggle
As a Jobseekers Allowance claimant myself (when my claim hasn’t been stopped or suspended for trivial reasons such as not attending an interview they never told me about) I am not surprised that the National Audit Office (NAO) has reported a £1.2 billion under spend last year. To stick this figure into prospective (remember it [...]
["£1.2 billion DWP Fraud: DWP Underspend, Claimants struggle"] | 5 Comments!New Deal Scandal & Welfare Reform: network snippet
Just a brief overall of recent content on ”New Deal Scandal & Welfare Reform” and “Ipswich Unemployed Action” blogs. This might be easier to some then using WordPress pages as some sticky posts make normal ones difficult to see sometimes.
["New Deal Scandal & Welfare Reform: network snippet"] | No Comments: Be the first!Do you trust the Department for Work and Pensions with your data?
If the answer is yes, then you should think again! Details published from DWP themselves from the DWP Survey 2009 – a survey of 73,006 people (71%) – a response of under 3 in 4 members of staff, show some worrying statistics. Is your data safe?
["Do you trust the Department for Work and Pensions with your data?"] | 3 Comments!1 in 3 DWP employees don't want to stay another year
The latest statistics show that 67% of DWP employees would like to still work at DWP in 12 months time – 33% said they didn’t wish to. 48,914 would still like to work for the Department for Work and Pensions in a years time while 24,092 stated that they would not like to.
["1 in 3 DWP employees don't want to stay another year"] | No Comments: Be the first!26% of DWP employees do not know if they have qualifications
The DWP Survey 2009, states that 26% of employees taking the survey (71% of the total workforce) answered “not sure” to the following question: “Do you possess a Level 2 qualification (NVQ, BTEC, 5 GCSEs Grade A-C, or equivalent) or above?“. That is 18,982 employees not sure about their own qualifications.
["26% of DWP employees do not know if they have qualifications"] | 7 Comments!A4e, Secrets and Censorship
This is criticism against A4e and how they manage their business. This is relevant because they are the largest New Deal provider receiving money from, (guess who?) you, the taxpayer! I couldn’t resist but to disclose how strange A4e operates being such a large company and all. I don’t know of anything like it. Please [...]
["A4e, Secrets and Censorship"] | 15 Comments!New Deal: New Deal providers are exempt from local planning laws
Call it another scandal if you wish, it seems that New Deal providers are exempt from planning legislation. Banbury based YMCA Training, who have recently viewed this site today (leave a comment and say hello) manages to deliver New Deal training courses without first acquiring the required D1 planning consent. YMCA Training Ipswich [...]
["New Deal: New Deal providers are exempt from local planning laws"] | 1 Comment so farA4e Finance Director Resignation: the evidence
Please see the exact 288b form used to terminate the directorship below.
["A4e Finance Director Resignation: the evidence"] | 2 Comments!New Deal Scandal & Welfare Reform: network snippet
Just a brief overall of recent content on ”New Deal Scandal & Welfare Reform” blog. This might be easier to some then using WordPress pages as some sticky posts make normal ones difficult to see sometimes.
["New Deal Scandal & Welfare Reform: network snippet"] | No Comments: Be the first!Housing Poverty: action required now!
Unfair charges We have all heard about the Jobseekers Allowance Scandal, how LHA rates in most areas have fell dramatically while the rent prices have not decreased by so much and now today, we at New Deal Scandal expose the unfair charges that estate agents such as JSM Property (who were lucky to be featured, [...]
["Housing Poverty: action required now!"] | 1 Comment so farNew Jobcentre Plus Chief Executive is pro compulsory national volunteering
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!Been on New Deal? You are likely to be owed over £50
After 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 Fraud: 4 outstanding fraud investigations
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!No prosecutions for New Deal Fraud
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!Information Commissioner: Jobcentre Plus sending sensitive information to Royal Mail is OK
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 nears End of Life
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!How the Government can solve Unemployment for FREE!
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!National Minimum Wage (NMW)
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!A4e Benefit Busters
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!Benefit Busters: Episode 2 Preview
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!Benefit scroungers are Britains most annoying pet hate
It 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!Did the Government get A4e Benefit Busters Episode 2 pulled from On Demand?
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!Jobseekers in Recession spend up to 20% of their benefit seeking employment
New Deal Scandal can reveal that Jobseekers on average are spending up to a fifth (20%) of their benefit seeking employment in the recession. Jobseekers Allowance is the minimum the law says you need to live on. This doesn’t include costs of seeking employment. TUC states this should be increased to £75 per week. Jobseekers [...]
["Jobseekers in Recession spend up to 20% of their benefit seeking employment"] | 4 Comments!Member of Parliaments £1,666 for 20 minutes work exposed
Mr John Gummer MP (Conservative) received £1,666.66 for conducting a board meeting for 20 minutes…. by the telephone. This is a rate of £5000 per hour (£2 short if you multiple the above by 3). It gets worse…
["Member of Parliaments £1,666 for 20 minutes work exposed"] | No Comments: Be the first!£64.30 weekly jobseekers allowance broken into costs
New Deal Scandal can today reveal the official DWP response of how the £64.50 (over 25) Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) is calculated, after the Department for Work and Pensions responded to a Freedom of Information Act request.
["£64.30 weekly jobseekers allowance broken into costs"] | 14 Comments!Government keeps Ipswich Detention Centre open
Ipswich Unemployed Action has reported that Local Government has given YMCA Training the go ahead to keep Dencora House detention centre open.
["Government keeps Ipswich Detention Centre open"] | 1 Comment so farIs Jobseekers Allowance actually enough to live on?
We have previously highlighted the Jobseekers Allowance Scandal of how the weekly rate doesn’t include any money to seek employment and what the £64.30 weekly payment is intended to cover. We will now highlight “How generous is Jobseekers Allowance?” and further criticise the amount of JSA.
["Is Jobseekers Allowance actually enough to live on?"] | 15 Comments!Flexible New Deal | New Deal Scandal Review
I think it comes a good time to review the progress, successes and failures of the New Deal Scandal site. New Deal Scandal is a blog designed to expose the Governments New Deal scheme, the New Deal prime contractors and New Deal subcontractors defrauding the system, the Flexible New Deal, Welfare Reform and the Government’s [...]
["Flexible New Deal | New Deal Scandal Review"] | 5 Comments!DWP Code Cracked
As wordpress kept messing up, the third time… I given up on the introduction paragraph. This is a New Deal Scandal exclusive!
["DWP Code Cracked"] | No Comments: Be the first!Flexible New Deal Discussion
New Deal Scandal has launched a new website called Flexible New Deal Discussion! Up until now the deal has been I wrote the blog article and you give feedback (whether positive or negative) – since then I have expanded the site so very little by allowing you to rate the article and each individual comment. [...]
["Flexible New Deal Discussion"] | 3 Comments!DWP = Dismissed With Prejudice???
OK, we know the Government department is called the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) but what more likely could DWP stand for?
["DWP = Dismissed With Prejudice???"] | 8 Comments!Jobcentre Plus promotes illegal job vacancies
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.
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