Local schemes 'outstrip' Work Programme

摘要

Local authority-led employment schemes could deliver results seven times better than those achieved by the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP's) national Work Programme, London Councils has claimed. According to a study by the umbrella group, a project designed by four north London boroughs to help long-term unemployed people delivered sustainable jobs for 26% of participants, compared with a mere 3.6% achieved by the DWP's national scheme.