Posts tagged: Dept of Work and Pensions

Employability contracts – under starters orders.

5 January 2011 – 11:49 am

In case you missed it, the DWP published the Invitation to Tender (ItT) document for the Work Programme just before Christmas.  For more details see the our recent policy article. The nine organisations eligble to compete for the tender in the Norht East will be putting their bids together between now and the tender deadline [...]

By John Main | Posted in Commissioning and procurement, European funding, Regeneration | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

New Welfare proposals we want your views

11 November 2010 – 4:59 pm

Government launched a white paper with their plans to reform the welfare system, but what’s your views?

By John Main | Posted in Health and wellbeing, In the news, Regeneration | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

The mark of a civilized society…..

10 September 2010 – 2:47 pm

The vast majority of people access the welfare system because they need it, not because they want it.

By John Main | Posted in Campaigning, Communities, Regeneration, Uncategorised | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (4)

If you complete only one consultation this summer…..

4 August 2010 – 6:29 pm

If you read through the latest consultation document on Welfare Reform ‘21st Century Welfare’  the cost implications of the current welfare system are raised on a number of occasions. £87 billion was spent on working-age benefits and Tax Credits in 2009/10. Error and fraud are estimated to cost the taxpayer around £5.2 billion a year. [...]

By John Main | Posted in In the news, Regeneration | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

What direction now for welfare reform?

18 May 2010 – 3:13 pm

With the dust finally settling on the new coalition Government, now perhaps is a good time to reflect on some of the ministerial changes and what they might tell us about the future direction of welfare reform.

By John Main | Posted in Regeneration | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)