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	<title>Flexible New Deal &#124; New Deal Scandal: Leading Welfare Reform Concerns &#187; dwp</title>
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		<title>Actively Seeking Employment: Social Security Commissioner Decision</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/01/24/actively-seeking-employment-social-security-commissioner-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2010/01/24/actively-seeking-employment-social-security-commissioner-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[0845 60 60 234]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actively seeking employement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Williams]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Department for Work and Pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Case reference: CJSA 1814 2007
DECISION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSIONER
1.	 I allow the appeal. For the reasons below, the decision of the tribunal is wrong in law. It is set aside. With the agreement of both parties, I substitute for that decision the decision that the tribunal should have taken. This is:
Appeal allowed. The decision of [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[uk economy]]></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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		<slash:comments>3</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[flexible new deal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Careers Development Group]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dencora House]]></category>
		<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>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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		<title>Dear Gordon Brown</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/16/dear-gordon-brown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/10/16/dear-gordon-brown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darra Singh OBE]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gordon is a Moron]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lewisham Jobcentre Plus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yvette cooper]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I have received an email from a New Deal Scandal blog reader and ex-New Deal participant who is upset at his mistreatment of this New Deal farce:
I know its a diabolical situation &#38; I am so glad I found your website because I was beginning to think it was just me who thought the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DWP = Dismissed With Prejudice???</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/09/25/dwp-dismissed-with-prejudice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/09/25/dwp-dismissed-with-prejudice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detailed Work Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dismissed With Prejudice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Draft Working Paper]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, we know the Government department is called the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) but what more likely could DWP stand for?
DWP = Dismissed With Prejudice?
Jobcentre Plus loves exiting clients from New Deal courses and terminating benefit claims without notification. Normally without reason.
DWP = Detailed Work Plan?
No, very disorganised &#8211; couldn&#8217;t even arrange a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Flexible New Deal Discussion</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/09/22/flexible-new-deal-discussion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/09/22/flexible-new-deal-discussion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible new deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new deal fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department for Work and Pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobcentre plus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Deal Scandal has launched a new website called Flexible New Deal Discussion!
Up until now the deal has been I wrote the blog article and you give feedback (whether positive or negative) &#8211; since then I have expanded the site so very little by allowing you to rate the article and each individual comment. The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Jobseekers Allowance actually enough to live on?</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/09/17/jobseekers-allowance-not-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/09/17/jobseekers-allowance-not-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Welfare Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Benefit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child tax credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department for Work and Pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FoI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job hunting costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobseekers allowance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Rowntree Foundation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[living expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[median gross weekly earnings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum income standard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum standard of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single adult household]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state retirement pension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have previously highlighted the Jobseekers Allowance Scandal of how the weekly rate doesn&#8217;t include any money to seek employment and what the £64.30 weekly payment is intended to cover.
We will now highlight &#8220;How generous is Jobseekers Allowance?&#8221; and further criticise the amount of JSA.

How generous is Jobseekers Allowance?
Taking into account other benefits such as [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Government keeps Ipswich Detention Centre open</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/09/16/government-keeps-ipswich-detention-centre-open/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/09/16/government-keeps-ipswich-detention-centre-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dencora House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ipswich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YMCA Training]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Department for Work and Pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwp corruption]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ipswich Unemployed Action has reported that Local Government has given YMCA Training the go ahead to keep Dencora House detention centre open.
Ipswich Borough Council has granted YMCA Training full planning permission for Dencora House detention centre so it is highly likely that Dencora House detention centre will be used for Flexible New Deal.
More from Ipswich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>£64.30 weekly jobseekers allowance broken into costs</title>
		<link>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/09/12/weekly-jobseekers-allowance-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/09/12/weekly-jobseekers-allowance-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flexible New Deal New Deal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dwp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Department for Work and Pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FoI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job hunting costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobseekers allowance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jsa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/?p=375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Deal Scandal can today reveal the official DWP response of how the £64.50 (over 25) Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) is calculated, after the Department for Work and Pensions responded to a Freedom of Information Act request.
How is the weekly jobseekers allowance of £64.30 broken down into job hunting costs and living expenses?
The original request (published [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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