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08/04/2005
Planned New Deal expansion slammed by Tories
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary David Willetts has condemned Government plans to expand the New Deal programme to include a million sick and disabled people, claiming that the jobs scheme fails to get many unemployed people into sustained work.
Chancellor Gordon Brown announced the planned expansion in an election campaign speech.
Mr Willetts cited official figures that show two thirds of these will not find jobs that last for more than a mere 13 weeks, as well as a new analysis conducted by the Shadow Pensions Secretary showing that less than one in five people who leave the programme stay off benefits for a year. He said: "The New Deal is not a route off welfare, it is a revolving door back onto it.
"There are more young people neither working nor studying nor training than when Labour came to office in 1997. Even the Government admits that barely a third of the people going through it find jobs that last just three months."
He continued: "Our new analysis shows that less than one in five people leaving the New Deal stay off benefits for a year. We will replace New Deal with schemes run by commercial and not-for-profit sector specialists with a strong incentive to help people into real jobs that last."
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Chancellor Gordon Brown announced the planned expansion in an election campaign speech.
Mr Willetts cited official figures that show two thirds of these will not find jobs that last for more than a mere 13 weeks, as well as a new analysis conducted by the Shadow Pensions Secretary showing that less than one in five people who leave the programme stay off benefits for a year. He said: "The New Deal is not a route off welfare, it is a revolving door back onto it.
"There are more young people neither working nor studying nor training than when Labour came to office in 1997. Even the Government admits that barely a third of the people going through it find jobs that last just three months."
He continued: "Our new analysis shows that less than one in five people leaving the New Deal stay off benefits for a year. We will replace New Deal with schemes run by commercial and not-for-profit sector specialists with a strong incentive to help people into real jobs that last."
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