Originally posted on the void:
The latest
Work Programme statistics (PDF)
show a shocking fall in the number of people gaining work and suggest
that being sent on the scheme is now actively harming people’s chance of
getting a job.
The figures show that even after spending a year on the Work
Programme, only 10.7% of people had gained a job which lasted at least
six months. This is a fall of almost a quarter since last year’s high
in April when 14% of people on the programme for a year had found a long
term job – figures which were regarded as a disaster at the time. The
Work Programme has been in steady decline ever since, with the
percentage of people finding work overall – including those who have
completed the full two years of the scheme – at a new low of just under
19%. This is down from 22.5% just six…
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