Emma Harrison

We take a look back at the lowlights of 2012 with damned lies and statistics coming thick and fast from across the political spectrum.

The background The government launched the Work Programme in June last year, calling it the biggest welfare-to-work initiative in UK history. Is it working? With more than 2.5 million people unemployed, there’s a huge amount riding on that question. And the government now says it wants to export the same kind of model – outsourcing…