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Cameron’s reshuffle is for finishers, not visionaries
When David Cameron met Iain Duncan Smith last night he told him that he wanted him to deploy the visionary creative genius he’d shown at DWP at the Department of Justice.
There are no hard statistics available on outcomes yet, which means we effectively have to take the minister’s word for it.
When David Cameron met Iain Duncan Smith last night he told him that he wanted him to deploy the visionary creative genius he’d shown at DWP at the Department of Justice.
Even if the government did absolutely nothing to help them, a certain percentage of people would find work off their own bat. The Work Programme can only be said to be “working” – or having any effect at all – if providers are doing better than this “non-intervention” rate.
“The IPPR actually thinks the figures show the reverse of what Mr Grayling wants them to show.”
“Confusion reigns, and despite repeated phone calls and several days to think about it, DWP has declined to clarify the situation.”
“Much like the French Foreign Legion, the scheme is “entirely voluntary” to enter, but there may be an element of compulsion later on if you decide to leave.”
“These figures show just how much our economy is being affected by the crisis in the eurozone.” Chris Grayling, September 16 2011 The background The employment minister has pinned the blame for this week’s dire unemployment figures firmly on the sovereign debt crisis in Europe. We’ve already FactChecked the claim – increasing popular on the…
Today’s remarks by both David Cameron and George Osborne that the Chancellor won’t abolish the 50p tax rate in his autumn statement at the end of this month (levied on incomes of more than £150,000) have an important knock-on effect reports Michael Crick.
With IDS back on the European warpath, the political dynamics of this issue could change radically.
When people paid to advise the unemployed are handed P45s themselves, it’s time to worry. FactCheck investigates the potential cost of the Government’s Big Idea on cutting joblessness.
They’re on drink, on drugs and on benefits by the thousands, according to new figures. But how will the Government get Britain’s addicts back to work?
Half a million people ‘on the sick’ are really fit to work, the Government estimates. But how realistic are the claims behind the benefits shake-up?
In the wake of today’s hung general election, face to face talks start tonight between the main parties. They could produce the sort of peacetime coalition it would normally take years to germinate, blogs Gary Gibbon
The UK Statistics Authority has written to the prime minister over his inaccurate use of immigration figures in a podcast last week.
Cathy Newman’s FactCheck looks at the differing claims of the Labour ad Conservative party over levels of violent crime.