Flexible New Deal | New Deal Scandal: Leading Welfare Reform Concerns

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We had recently reported that possibly A4e had pulled Benefit Busters Epidsode 2 from the TV repeat and On Demand services.

Last night there was concerns that maybe the Government was involved in pulling the show off the air and off the internet. The Studio Lambert Documentary Benefit Busters Episode 2 highlights a very small element of concern regarding 13 week New Deal VSO/IAP courses.

The three quarters of an hour documentary show (excluding adverts) consisting largely of interviews with staff members, A4e chair Emma and interviews with participants/clients at home etc., only showing a small glimpse of the 13 week course itself and within that time it was clearly realised that the courses were demotivating, overcrowded and the staff mistreating the participants.

It is clear the allegations/hearsay/rumours/statements etc. regarding A4e and New Deal courses are actually true.

A4e stuck a lot of effort in the documentary to prove that they were the best organisation for the Flexible New Deal contracts and to state to the Obama Administration that they should get billions of dollars to provide such shit services in America.

The problem is such allegations (as they were made to be believed to be) are true but not only with A4e these are echoed with all New Deal providers. The Government would have a large motive in pulling this programme off air and off the internet. Flexible New Deal is “New Deal 2.0″. This episode of less than 30 minutes footage of the New Deal course shows that after a decade the New Deal scheme clearly is a failure regardless of what attempts the Government tries to justify it and clearly shows that organisations such as A4e clearly don’t have the ability to run these courses properly.

Flexible New Deal will be longer than 13 weeks and more “flexible” for providers on what the courses deliver. If New Deal providers are struggling with New Deal then they stand no chance with Flexible New Deal.

A4e are still pending termination of their Flexible New Deal contracts after they have been awarded.

It is possible that both A4e and DWP are responsible for pulling the programme.