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	<title>Flexible New Deal &#124; New Deal Scandal: Leading Welfare Reform Concerns &#187; Welfare Reform</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>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[work for your benefit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Slavery Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Slavery Day Order 2010]]></category>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible new deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></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>Welfare State needs Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/01/20/welfare-state-needs-responsibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/01/20/welfare-state-needs-responsibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Labour Party and Conservative Party are fucking shit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I find it absolutely disgusting how DWP staff, management and politicians are all exempt from any blame when it comes to benefit entitlement decisions. Today comes the real life scenario of the DWP who turn their backs on people without a care in the world; in this case it was a woman who was forced [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[New Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unofficial Jobcentre Plus & Unemployment Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible new deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new deal fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobcentre plus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recruitment agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<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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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[New Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible new deal]]></category>
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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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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Save Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/25/save-disability-living-allowance-and-attendance-allowance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/25/save-disability-living-allowance-and-attendance-allowance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Benefit Busters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attendance Allowance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability Living Allowance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAVE DLA AND ALL DISABILITY BENEFITS
Tony Greenstein
Having already abolished Incapacity Benefit, New Labour has now made it clear that it wants to scrap ALL disability benefits. On July 14th New Labour published a Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Care. Reading through the spin, the message is clear. Disability Living Allowance is ‘inefficient’ ‘poorly targeted’ [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</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>
				<category><![CDATA[New Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible new deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Actively Seeking Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direct gov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Officers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobcentre plus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobcentreplus.gov.uk]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Work Trial]]></category>

		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[New Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emma harrison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible new deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new deal fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a4e]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A4e Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job outcomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watching a4e]]></category>

		<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>Where is the Flexible New Deal Ombudsman?</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/18/flexible-new-deal-ombudsman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/18/flexible-new-deal-ombudsman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible new deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flexible New Deal Ombudsman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, with Flexible New Deal jobseekers are meant to have the following privileges:

&#8220;Customer Choice&#8220;: ability to (in some areas) choose provider
 Receiving a statement: stating expectations, how the provider is paid and how they can complain to the Ombudsman
Independent Ombudsman: as a last resort to complain to

Flexible New Deal providers get the following extra privileges:

&#8220;Employment [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jobcentre Plus promotes illegal job vacancies</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/07/jobcentre-plus-promotes-illegal-job-vacancies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/07/jobcentre-plus-promotes-illegal-job-vacancies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flexible new deal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[job discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new deal jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unlawful employment discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work trials]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Deal Scandal can reveal that not only does Jobcentre Plus promote illegal jobs but Department for Work and Pensions actually creates unlawful discriminative employment vacancies.
&#8220;New Deal jobs&#8221;
In the UK it is illegal for employers to discriminate on candidates prior, during and after the recruitment stages. Certain laws make provision for exemptions. These include age [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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