22nd October

by Daniel on 22 Oct, 2008 in

We're putting a few hundred more DWP contracts in our database by the end of the week. Otherwise, it's pretty quiet at the moment, with everyone locked in FND bid writing.

PROVIDER NEWS

More information on the Right to Bid

New boss at Work Solutions

£100m extra funding for back-to-work activity in the next 3 years. No word on the allocation process yet.

ACEVO release a report on lessons from third sector delivery of public services

OTHER NEWS

One-stop handling of job entry and exit is being rolled out across the country

Purnell says unemployment will hit the middle classes and the South East this time

New report says LAAs are being blocked by the DWP and other departments

Swimming against the current, the Work Foundation advocate better conditions for UK workers (pdf)

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