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Ipswich Unemployed Action.

Deal travel deductions after DWP has admitted it is illegal Filed under: DWP , Ipswich , New Deal , Suffolk , Unemployment , Welfare State , YMCA — Tags: DWP , Jobcentre Plus , New Deal , new deal travel deductions , ymca training — Flexible New Deal @ 1:26 pm New Deal Scandal has just announced that the £4 weekly travel deductions are illegal when DWP finally admitted: There is no legislation involved in this decision. DWP has since tried to remove the

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Ipswich Jobseekers should claim back New Deal travel deductions after DWP ha...

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Ipswich Unemployed Action.

St (just up from the DWP, near the Old Cattle Market). It is being held as a Right to Work meeting. That is the national campaign which we have reported here before. Ipswich Unemployed Action is concerned with highlighting the problems we ont he Dole face. We want a fairer, better system – and ways to deal with all the miserable problems the DWP and Flexible New Deal providers throw at us. Not to mention the prospect of Workfare – slog for a pittance with no rights.

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New Deal final chance: Jobcentre forces Jobseekers on to New Deal « Ip...

Action 4 employment , DWP , Government , Ipswich , Suffolk , Unemployment , YMCA , intensive activity , jobseekers allowance — Tags: dencora house , DWP , Flexible New Deal , Gateway , gateway 2 work , GtW , Ipswich , JCP , Jobcentre Plus , jobseekers allowance , JSA , NDYP , New Deal , Ref2 , taster sessions , Volunteering , VSO , Work Trial , ymca training — Flexible New Deal @ 4:03 pm Feedback has it that Jobcentre Plus is trying to push as many people through

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New Deal fraud probe begins: A4e under investigation « Ipswich Unemplo...

Action 4 employment , DWP , Flexible New Deal , Government , New Deal , a4e — Tags: a4e , Action 4 employment , DWP , Flexible New Deal , Jobcentre Plus , New Deal , New Deal Fraud — Flexible New Deal @ 1:20 pm Ipswich Unemployed Action can report that the Department for Work and Pensions is investigating Action 4 Employment and 2 other undisclosed New Deal training providers for fraud. This means that A4e could lose their Flexible New Deal contract if further

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Reed in Partnership. What Kind of Partners for the Unemployed? « Ipsw...

you impersonating an DWP Employment Officer… the best route to take would be to inform both the police and DWP Fraud department. I can’t say I am surprised Reed is involved in some current legal disputes… Comment by Flexible New Deal — February 4, 2010 @ 11:01 pm Reply Great advice! This behaviour sounds oh so typical of Reed. Disgusting! Comment by P Skellan — February 4, 2010 @ 11:33 pm

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Workfare for Dummies. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

potential providers and the DWP on their website. http://www.DWP.gov.uk/docs/wfyb-qa-log.pdf I must be reading it wrong though because this question can’t mean what I think it means… Q. Can we (as Providers) charge employers for placements A. That is a decision for individual providers to take when designing their solutions Comment by Average Joe — March 17, 2010 @ 5:05 pm Reply Whats wrong joe? They have already sold jobseekers to

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The Failed New Deal scheme in figures « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

Action 4 employment , DWP , Unemployment , YMCA , a4e — Tags: child poverty , DWP , gordon brown , Jobcentre Plus , labour , New Deal , New Deal for the Unemployed , new labour , tony blair , VSO , ymca training — Flexible New Deal @ 9:26 am Labour in 1997 began its welfare reform regime including Gordon Brown’s New Deal scheme aimed at getting rid of the “life on benefits” trend. Regardless of progress made in making benefits harder to claim

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Unjustly Imprisoned Claimants. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

exaggerated’ by the DWP, welfare benefits expert witness Neil Bateman has told MPs . In one case he assisted with, a woman prosecuted for a £47,000 overpayment had in reality under-claimed benefits. The shocking revelations were made in written evidence to a House of Commons committee currently examining the standard of DWP decision making.” More here. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) Draconian Testing Regime. Suffolk unemployment benefit

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Its official: £4 weekly travel deductions are unlawful! « Ipswich Une...

Action 4 employment , DWP , Government , New Deal , Unemployment , YMCA , a4e , jobseekers allowance — Tags: DWP , Jobcentre Plus , New Deal , ymca training — Flexible New Deal @ 10:19 am Ipswich Unemployed Action can reveal that the £4 weekly travel deduction on New Deal is unlawful . An intense investigation reveals that no legislation warrants this £4 taxation. The Training Allowance is mentioned in legislation but the £4 deductions is not. At current

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Jobcentre Plus not exempt from Human Rights Act 1998 « Ipswich Unemplo...

Act 1998 Filed under: DWP , Government , Unemployment — Tags: BET , DWP , Flexible New Deal , FTET , Human Rights , Jobcentre , Jobcentre Plus , New Deal , VS , VSO — Flexible New Deal @ 9:19 am Bad treatment of participants on New Deal courses are not exempt under the Human Rights Act 1998. As the training providers are not public organisations they are exempt from the Human Rights Act (but not from civil legal proceedings for Conventional rights). As

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Jobcentre Plus not exempt from Human Rights Act 1998 « Ipswich Unemplo...

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YMCA: Partial Victory? « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

may be interested in about DWP Corruption – on the following blog article: http://newdealscandal.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/DWP-corruption-campaign-against-DWP-corruption/ Comment by Dan — June 11, 2009 @ 10:44 am Reply Two years ago I was dismissed from a CDG prison camp following complaints to Job Centre. False allegation were made against me by the liar CDG centre manager and I was frogmarched out of the building. I went straight to the Job

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About Ipswich Unemployed Action. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

beings – not things the DWP and Government Ministers can claim rights over. We should have rights, and we want them now! And now, we want the Dencora House detention centre closed down! E-MAIL: iunemployed@live.co.uk Comments (36) 36 Comments » [BENEFITS] If the allowance is increased than these people will have more money to spend and will help with the current economic climate which will increase employment.

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New Deal Sanctions Exposed « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

date and report it to the DWP MAKING SURE THEY PUT IT ON YOUR FILE AS RECORDED EVIDENCE. At the end of the day the provider if they so choose still has to report the incident to the DWP’S decision makers who inturn must ask you to make a statement before making any decision. LEARN THE DATA PROTECTION ACT AND COPYRIGHT ACT AS STATING THEIR TITLE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH WHEN AND IF FIGHTING YOUR CASE. Also remember that if things go this way that you have made an enemy who will always be

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Flexible New Deal in Ipswich « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

Action 4 employment , DWP , Flexible New Deal , Government , Ipswich , Suffolk , Unemployment , Welfare State , YMCA , a4e , jobseekers allowance — Tags: Flexible New Deal , Ipswich — Flexible New Deal @ 3:50 pm Ipswich Unemployed Action has done some primary research on the two Flexible New Deal providers in Ipswich: TNG and A4e. ( Reed in Partnership Scandal Grows ). TNG: YMCA Training TNG (the Training Network Group) is rumoured to split Flexible New

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Flexible New Deal, TNG and Sanctions. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

useful to wade through the DWP FND provider guidance: http://www.DWP.gov.uk/supplying-DWP/what-we-buy/welfare-to-work-services/provider-guidance/flexible-new-deal-guidance.shtml I have founfd some useful ammo to fight Working Links over here in the Valleys, and am currently awaiting a response to my formal complaint about… the lack of a proper complaints procedure (!) amongst other things. Full details at claimantsactionsouthwales.blogspot.com Don’t let the bastards

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Unemployed FORCED to take Drug Tests. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

at both two north wales dwp offices for taking cocaine some 8 years ago and also for passing data to known criminals…it was ignored but boy have i suffered ever since ,problem is i now cannot prove it because time has passed us by but not in the minds of the dwp staff any claim i make always results in frustration claim denied ,my data gets sent to different addresses ime out of time with claims any excuse is used…i have demanded under the FOI ACT for all my data held by

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Jobs Centres Failing Users. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

Campaigns for Unemployed , DWP , Government , Unemployment , Welfare State — Tags: DWP , Job Centres — Andrew Coates @ 12:13 pm BBC Radio, File on Four, reports (here ). (Hat-tips to Ipswich Mr X and Lowestoft’s Finest). Jobcentre Plus is ‘failing customers’ A new report published by a government-funded consumer watchdog, Consumer Focus, says that job centres in England and Wales are not doing a good enough job for people during

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YMCA Training 517 London Road: No planning permission « Ipswich Unempl...

permission Filed under: DWP , Government , Ipswich , Suffolk , Unemployment , YMCA — Tags: d1 , dencora house , DWP , Ipswich , Jobcentre Plus , New Deal , planning consent , planning permission , ymca training — Flexible New Deal @ 9:35 am It has been announced that YMCA Training operating out of their London Road training centre also has NOT got planning permission for a training centre – even though they have been using it for numerous years and had

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HOW TO: Jobcentre Plus Programme Provisions « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

Provisions Filed under: DWP , Ipswich , Suffolk , YMCA — Flexible New Deal @ 10:01 am So you are unemployed and fed up of attending the detention centre that is Dencora House and wondering how hard is it to run the New Deal course? YMCA has acknowledged that the New Deal contracts are the most complex they have ever seen. Below I will quote some of the New Deal course requirements and you can compare between the guidelines and the actual delivery by YMCA Training into

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Pertemps Receive £2.25 Million and Breach New Deal Contract « Ipswich...

[...] DWP was happy to pay Pertemps PDG over 2 million when a report clearly stated fraud – in this instance no concerns other than as a report were [...] Pingback by A4e to lose Flexible New Deal contract for fraud: other training providers also under investigation « DWP New Deal Scandal — June 28, 2009 @ 12:41 pm Reply I think you will find that the report you are referring to was published in 2006 and therefore I do not

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Dencora House: without planning consent « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

centre , dencora house , DWP , New Deal , planning consent , planning permission , ymca training — Flexible New Deal @ 8:31 am Is Dencora House a Greater Blot on the Landscape ? A short while ago we announced a bunch of issues regarding YMCA Training. It now appears that YMCA Training operated without planning permission. Dencora Business Centre is B1 usage (offices). To run a training centre you require D1 usage (non-residential education and training) permission.

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YMCA Training and the New Deal participant data breach « Ipswich Unemp...

data breach Filed under: DWP , Ipswich , New Deal , Unemployment , YMCA — Tags: dencora house , Ipswich , New Deal , ymca training — Flexible New Deal @ 1:43 pm YMCA Training Manual. YMCA Training keeps all New Deal participants details on file and discloses this personal information to QDP Services who then later sends a letter pretending to be YMCA Training with a poor made up letter, requesting your support to help future participants by giving feedback on

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Welfare ‘Reforms’ Under Attack. « Ipswich Unemployed Action.

up to private bidders. DWP Lincolnshire and Rutland delegate Graham Peck noted: “This Bill seeks to force claimants to work to earn their benefits,” warning that employers would use the scheme to drive down wages and make money by offering “false training opportunities with little or no prospect of employment at the end.” DWP Avon delegate Mike Wheeler added: “This Bill has been rushed through Parliament with no scrutiny or accountability. “It is a

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TNG are racist! (Ed’s note: Ofsted alleges “inadequate” Eq...

Equal Ops) Filed under: DWP , Flexible New Deal , Ipswich , New Deal , Suffolk — Tags: disability discrimination , Flexible New Deal , New Deal , ofsted , ofsted inspection , racial discrimination , racism , sexual discrimination , TNG — Flexible New Deal @ 10:11 am Equal Opportunities? Ipswich Unemployed Action would like to alert Flexible New Deal clients that an Ofsted report for ”TNG (Avanta) Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire New Deal” raised

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Concerns Raised over YMCA Training Organisation. « Ipswich Unemployed ...

Filed under: DWP , Flexible New Deal , Suffolk , Unemployment , YMCA — Tags: contract breaches , DWP , employment tribunal , fiddling with forms , forged signatures , fraud , Jobcentre , Jobcentre Plus , New Deal , serious allegations , sexual harassment , tampered induction forms , tampered timesheets , understaffed , unfair dismissal , volunteers , ymca training , ymca training v stewart — Flexible New Deal @ 8:36 am Sexual harassment and unfair

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Exposed: The Government’s Love Affair with Private Companies « ...

Pingback by £1.2 billion DWP Fraud: DWP Underspend, Claimants struggle « New Deal Scandal & Welfare Reform — July 21, 2009 @ 11:14 am Reply RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a comment Click here to cancel reply. Name (required) E-mail (will not be published) (required) Website Notify me of follow-up comments via email. Notify me of

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YMCA Training New Deal: no Diversity or Harrassment policies « Ipswich...

in July 2006. Although DWP has a big requirement on such policies being in place the attitude clearly here is, sign the contract, the missing stuff can be worked out later… This contract was obtained in 2009… either the plans/policies had been hidden for a reason or to this date the DWP doesn’t have them documents (or if they have seen them hasn’t been incorporated into the contract). Ipswich Unemployed Action has raised many issues with YMCA Training mostly

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Pertemps Receive £2.25 Million and Breach New Deal Contract « Ipswich...

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