Neil O'Brien wrote an interesting piece in the Telegraph (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/neilobrien1/100116574/we-should-welcome-this-experiment-with-workfare ...

Many of the Work Programme’s problems can be traced back to over-hasty implementation driven by an enthusiastic minister who sought rapid results Many of the Work Programme’s problems can be traced ...

David Cameron has unveiled plans to force all unemployed 18 to 21 year olds who claim benefits to carry out community work, as part of the Conservative Party's drive to tackle youth unemployment.

If you read the Financial Times this morning you would have a seen a report that the Work Programme was proving effective, other newspaper reports were more negative. Last November the programme had ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. People who have been unemployed for more than two years may have to do community work or face losing benefits ...

Chief Mogale Community Hall in Kagiso was the venue for the reimagined Community Work Programme (CWP) launch. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Co-operative Governance and Traditional ...

Feckless people who fail to get a job after two years claiming out of work benefits will be forced to do voluntary work. David Cameron announced yesterday that those on Jobseeker’s Allowance will be ...

The government is reviewing its public employment initiatives, such as the Community Work Programme (CWP), as employees are demanding to be paid in terms of the national minimum wage. This has emerged ...

Young unemployed people would have to do community work in order to receive benefits under a Conservative government, prime minister David Cameron is due to announce. Under the proposed plans, those ...

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has extended the contracts of Community Work Programme participants aged 55 years and older. The department announced ...

Employment minister Esther McVey appeared on this morning's Today programme to talk about the Help to Work scheme, which begins today. Presenter Evan Davies questioned the minister on the ...

JOHANNESBURG - Cosatu has rejected massive jobs cuts at the Community Work Programme. The Cooperative Governance department announced it would be ending contracts of over 67,000 elderly workers by the ...