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	<title>Flexible New Deal &#124; New Deal Scandal: Leading Welfare Reform Concerns &#187; flexible new deal</title>
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		<title>Work for Your Benefit missed out of the Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/05/01/work-for-your-benefit-anti-slavery-day-act-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/05/01/work-for-your-benefit-anti-slavery-day-act-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 14:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has recently passed a new piece of primary legislation called Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010.
This is with no doubt a pointless piece of legislation probably setup under the equality banner &#8211; but not by Labour. Basically, it says an Anti-Slavery Day is &#8220;An Act to introduce a national day to raise awareness of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Flexible New Deal (Designation of Employment Officers) Order 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/03/02/the-flexible-new-deal-designation-of-employment-officers-order-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/03/02/the-flexible-new-deal-designation-of-employment-officers-order-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Flexible New Deal (Designation of Employment Officers) Order 2009]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those on Flexible New Deal this is the law (The Flexible New Deal (Designation of Employment Officers) Order 2009) that give the power for a private business to refer someone for a benefit sanction. Some providers have limited people who can give sanctions others allow administrators and PAs the ability. We couldn&#8217;t find this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unofficial Jobcentre Plus &amp; Unemployment Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/01/11/unofficial-jobcentre-plus-unemployment-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/01/11/unofficial-jobcentre-plus-unemployment-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unofficial Jobcentre Plus & Unemployment Survey]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unofficial Jobcentre Plus &#38; Unemployment Survey
Please spend 10 minutes or so answering the questions so we can gather a better understanding of unemployment and how the Government is handling the issue.
Instead of the usual tick box, checkbox and rating systems, we have decided to allow you to answer in your own words. There is also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flexible New Deal dead already?</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/01/09/flexible-new-deal-dead-already/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/01/09/flexible-new-deal-dead-already/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a few months in the pilot already&#8230;. have the Flexible New Deal flaws been found leaving Flexible New Deal dead in the water? or  Is it just a few problems with Flexible New Deal that needs ironing out? 
Within a month several Flexible New Deal complaints surfaced and many more are coming in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Deal Scandal archive now available here</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/12/20/new-deal-scandal-archive-now-available-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/12/20/new-deal-scandal-archive-now-available-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we relaunch the old (but still relevant) New Deal Scandal website. We have exported the posts and comments from http://newdealscandal.wordpress.com and imported them to http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/ (this website).
This has meant we have lost individual post ratings and the ratings on pages and blog articles.

We have a new rating system on here designed to replace the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>FND for Flexible New Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/30/fnd-for-flexible-new-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/30/fnd-for-flexible-new-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[flexible new deal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have launched a new website that redirects to the Flexible New Deal Discussion Forums.
This is designed to be easier to type.http://feedback.flexiblenewdeal.me.uk shortened to http://www.fnd.me.uk
&#160;
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Deal is bad for your health</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/25/new-deal-is-bad-for-your-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/25/new-deal-is-bad-for-your-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government's Detention Camp]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Deal is bad for your health!
From Indymedia article:
Welcome to CDG detention camp 
I bumped into a friend who I had not seen for a while. A lovely bubbly girl, full of life, or at least she was the last time I saw her. She had changed – drawn, hagged, dulled spirit, a pale shadow [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jobcentre Plus Labour Market System</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/21/jobcentre-plus-labour-market-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/21/jobcentre-plus-labour-market-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Actively Seeking Employment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jobpoints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobseekers Direct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Market System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Minimum Wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new deal jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Deal Personal Advisers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Deal Scandal exposes the scam that is the Labour Market System (LMS) or simply put the pool of jobs Employment Officers, New Deal Personal Advisers and Jobseeker Direct staff give to jobseekers as Jobseeker Directions and those on the jobpoints and the direct gov and jobcentre plus websites.
Employment Agencies
Jobcentre Plus&#8217; Labour Market System is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>A4e only checks half of claims before claiming job outcomes</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/20/a4e-only-checks-half-of-claims-before-claiming-job-outcomes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/20/a4e-only-checks-half-of-claims-before-claiming-job-outcomes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action 4 Employment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[emma harrison]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taken from Watching A4e&#8217;s Two Memoranda article:
A4e says that it has introduced a procedure whereby 50% of all claims are routinely checked by an independent team which phones the employer to verify that the client is working there, and can check with the Jobcentre that the client is off benefit.
Whats the point of getting an independent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>7260 New Deal vacancies advertised in the last year</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/20/7260-new-deal-vacancies-advertised-last-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/20/7260-new-deal-vacancies-advertised-last-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 enables the Secretary of State to approve arrangements "for the purpose of assisting persons to select, train for, obtain and retain employment suitable for their ages and capacities". The New Deal Employment Subsidy (New Deal only vacancies) is administered under this Act.]]></description>
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