Work programme: heard it all before?
13 September 2012
No one can say for certain whether the government’s latest initiative to help the long-term unemployed back into work will actually work. Colin Cottell garners opinion
The government’s new Work Programme due to launch in June has a lot riding on it. Not only the lives of millions of people on long-term benefits, but the government’s hopes that it can bring to an end a persistent problem that has defeated previous administrations of all persuasions.
This time it will be different, according to government ministers. Speaking after...
