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  1. Work Programme failing jobseekers with health conditions

    hink tank says that those facing highest barriers to work are getting least support

  2. Working dads need a paid "daddy month"

    hink tank proposes 4 weeks paid time off at least minimum wage

  3. Britain needs stronger and better-quality vocational education

    ritain needs stronger and better-quality vocational education, coupled with new business models that make better use of workforce skills and enable companies to move up the value chain, according to a new report published today (Weds) by…

  4. Almost a million young people are still NEET in the UK

    eacting to ONS figures today, Leading think tank IPPR argues government should be doing more to help young people into work

  5. Local economies are failing the 'resilience' test

    ocal Enterprise Partnerships must plan beyond short term growth

  6. Fast-track programme for 'best & brightest' could improve mental health services

    lmost 50% of local authorities have problems recruiting high quality adult social workers

  7. More people needing social care than family carers available from 2017

    K social care 'gap' of more than a million without adult children to care by 2030.

  8. £450m levy on high cost lenders would fund 1.5m new affordable loans

    redit unions in Post Office branches could offer affordable loans.

  9. 8 out of 10 small business would hire more staff if government took sick pay risk

    overnment could restore sick pay recovery for ESA claimants at half the cost of previous system.

  10. Trust in local councils almost twice as high as in Parliament

    urvey shows that people in England want more local decision-making.

  11. Energy tariff surcharge trebles over three years

    as customers who haven't switched pay up to £90 more than customers who have.

  12. Budget 2014: Beer and bingo not enough for a resilient economy

    hink tank says that Budget is a missed opportunity for the regions