tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post9085071045413002058..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: Good news from the ToriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-11251859035529901002009-10-08T04:48:30.935-07:002009-10-08T04:48:30.935-07:00Thanks Mercurior for taking the trouble of answeri...Thanks Mercurior for taking the trouble of answering my question.Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-58083764880537713172009-10-06T11:31:45.225-07:002009-10-06T11:31:45.225-07:00Nearly 10m working-age people in Britain are not i...Nearly 10m working-age people in Britain are not in paid employment. This includes the 1.8m unemployed, plus another 7.9m who are deemed to be 'economically inactive'<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7753037.stm<br /><br />this was from 3 December 2008<br /><br />People who do at least one hours' paid work per week, those on government-supported training schemes and people who do unpaid work for their family's business are all counted as employed. <br /><br />did you see that, "those on government-supported training schemes " like a4e, and the ilk..Mercuriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607976378571790610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-84534582454730291672009-10-06T11:19:29.732-07:002009-10-06T11:19:29.732-07:00well they fudge the figures, those sent on "...well they fudge the figures, those sent on "re-training" courses like a4e, are not classed as unemployed they are "training". they dont class this group. or that group., those not on the job centre books, who dont claim, and so on..<br /><br />from the office of national statistics jerry.. but you have to read through the text..Mercuriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607976378571790610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-2776884194422998262009-10-05T11:49:23.072-07:002009-10-05T11:49:23.072-07:00This is a quote from the TimesOnline article "...This is a quote from the TimesOnline article "According to the Tories there are at least 2m claimants who have never worked and 3m who have never worked during the 12 years of Labour government".<br /><br />Does anyoine know where they get their numbers from?Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-76614202742428423362009-10-05T10:23:19.305-07:002009-10-05T10:23:19.305-07:00The incoming Conservative government will have the...The incoming Conservative government will have their work cut out sorting out the mess left by that shower of a New Labour government.<br />Don't worry, A4e and others of their ilk will still get contracts but the gold rush days are well and truly over in a period of austerityTory Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-430104288005425402009-10-04T10:53:13.272-07:002009-10-04T10:53:13.272-07:00If they follow the American model, it won't be...If they follow the American model, it won't be the same as now. It's payment by results, and only by results. There's a good piece on Indymedia at http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/439162.htmlhistorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-9261053630205070412009-10-04T10:44:51.536-07:002009-10-04T10:44:51.536-07:00if you read about it, its almost exactly the same ...if you read about it, its almost exactly the same as they one they do now. just sooner..<br /><br />it wont work, allthis will do is to give more money into private companies hands, who then make people sit in a room, doing the same as last time and time before.. I have to ask myself,how many of these politicians will end up working for a4e..and their ilkMercuriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607976378571790610noreply@blogger.com