The winners have been announced of those contracts which A4e couldn't bid for, after Emma Harrison convinced the government that her own "family champions" project was the way to go and said that she wouldn't make any money from it. The big winners are Reed, with 4 of the 12 areas. As usual, past failure is no bar to further contracts. EOS Works Ltd (formerly Fourstar) get 2 areas and there's one each for WISE Group, G4S, Skills Training UK, Twin Training International and Paragon Concord International. It will be interesting to see whether any of them will sub-contract to Families Unlimited, the outfit which Harrison set up with the former civil servant.
Another interesting aspect of this is the potential clash with Local Authority provision. Many LAs already have the organisation and staff in place and are doing this work, and yet are expected to pass families on to the private contractors. Most sensible people will think that the ESF money should have gone straight to the local councils, rather than have some sliced off for private profit.
You might be amused (or not) by the Daily Mail's take on all this. Hysterical, vicious and inaccurate.
You might be amused (or not) by the Daily Mail's take on all this. Hysterical, vicious and inaccurate.
I wonder if all these stories about workshy unemployed, how the unemployed do no work etc etc. contributes to employers not hiring as many long term unemployed..
ReplyDeleteNick Ferrari (ugh) and the odious TPA contributed to a 'discussion' about this on Sunday Morning Live today. Lord knows why i persist watching that crap, but the ignorance was in full force.
ReplyDeleteWho's TPA?
ReplyDeleteI usually avoid such discussions because, like you, I get angry!
Well, they do say the emptiest vessels make the most noise. Looking at Nick Ferrari's generous girth, it's little wonder he is so vcal!
ReplyDeleteTAP Either The TaxPayers' Alliance, Third-Party Audit, Thyroid Patient Advocacy, Teesside Positive Action or Tissue Plasminogen Activator. Take your pick!!!
ReplyDeleteTaxpayers Alliance, then. Should have realised. They are indeed odious, a small bunch funded by wealthy Tories.
ReplyDeleteTax dodgers alliance . The latest wheeze by EOS is the pretend jobs.. They re create companies workspace in some warehouse and monitor you to see if you are any good. Its like big brother meets lab rats..
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