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...en an increased demand for services such as jobseeking, debt advice and training since...growth, increase the incidence of long-term unemployment and cause widespread job loss...ublic and private sectors,” Barber said. "Unemployment is now increasing at a slow...
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NAO rejects Grayling attack on DWP report
The National Audit Office (NAO) has defended its report on the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) Work Programme, after welfare minister Chris Grayling said that the NAO analysis was “partially based on guesswork.”The lead author of the report, David Clarke, told CSW that “there’s ...
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Interview: Sir Ian Wrigglesworth
As the cuts bite, areas that are heavily dependent on public sector jobs are suffering. Matt Ross meets Sir Ian Wrigglesworth, who’s just helped hand out a billion quid to support private sector investment in these areas. “There was a time when the steelworks on Teesside employed 20 or 30 th...
Tags: unemployment and jobseeking, regeneration, regional development agencies, business premises