by Sam | 10 Mar 2014 | Employment, General Election 2015, Politics, Welfare
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls will deliver a speech tonight in which he will reaffirm the Labour’s ‘Compulsory Jobs Guarantee’ will last for the entirety of the next Parliament, following reports that it may only be in place for 12 months. The scheme, a...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Mar 2014 | Education & Children's Services
A portion of schools’ funding would be made conditional on students remaining in some form of education or training after taking their GCSEs, under new reforms announced by Labour. Labour’s independent skills taskforce has announced a series of reforms to...
by Chris Rogers | 4 Mar 2014 | Economy, Employment, Welfare
A study of the current benefits sanctions regime by the centre right think tank Policy Exchange has concluded that around 70,000 jobseekers have had their benefits withdrawn unfairly, making them reliant on food banks. The report further suggests issuing first-time...
by Chris Rogers | 19 Feb 2014 | Economy, Employment, Politics, Welfare
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning published its latest monthly labour market statistics, covering the quarter October – December 2013 (where figures refer to the ‘previous quarter’, this is July – September 2013). The figures show that...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Feb 2014 | Politics
The Labour Party will next week set out its detailed proposals for public service reform, according to The Guardian. Ed Miliband will use a speech to describe what Labour’s approach to public services will be should they win the next election, backed up by a...
