Long-term unemployed "parked" by Government Work Programme
Disadvantaged, long-term unemployed people in the UK are not being reached by the Government’s Work Programme, a report out on Tuesday has said. The Work and Pensions Committee have published a damning report that accuses the programme’s differential pricing structure of not having the intended result for underprivileged or hard-to-reach jobseekers. The pricing structure is designed to financially incentivise contracted providers to help people with the most difficult barriers to employment. However, the Committee said that people with disabilities, homeless people and those…
