by Chris Rogers | 10 Feb 2014 | Economy
The Tax Payers Alliance (TPA) has published its latest addition of its Bumper Book of Government Waste, which claims to reveal that “the Government wasted £120.4 billion in 2012-13, the equivalent of £4,560 per every household in the UK”. The research is...
by Chris Rogers | 31 Jan 2014 | Outsourcing, Politics
Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude has released a Written Ministerial Statement regarding Serco’s corporate renewal plans, noting that the company has “engaged constructively with the Government following the emergence of material concerns relating to their...
by Chris Rogers | 30 Jan 2014 | Employment, Politics, Welfare
Analysis of the latest census figures has found that almost 800,000 people living in England and Wales have little or no English, with more than half of those not working. Migrants with little or no English were found to be 50 per cent more likely to be unemployed,...
by Chris Rogers | 23 Jan 2014 | Welfare
In a speech to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Centre for Social Justice thinktank, Iain Duncan Smith claimed that the Government’s reforms to the welfare system stand in the tradition of great Tory reformers such as Wilberforce and Shaftesbury. The Work and...
by Chris Rogers | 20 Jan 2014 | Economy, Employment, Politics
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Rachel Reeves is due to deliver a speech this morning in which she will outline the Labour Party’s plans to make young Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claimants undertake skills training courses, or face losing their benefits,...
