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New Deal fraud</a><hr><p><strong>We recently reported about Jobcentre Plus suppression regarding the <a href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/11/jobcentre-plus-suppression-continues-jobseekers-have-zero-rights/">misuse of security officers and police time</a> in ejecting jobseekers from the Jobcentre Plus offices for false incriminating reasons to prevent them getting their legal entitlement.</strong></p> <p>The misuse of public services which could be better used for fighting crime seems to be an growing common trait at the Jobcentre Plus offices around the country.</p> <p>The Jobcentre now stops the unemployed jobseekers from accessing jobs: a requirement for receiving Jobseekers Allowance; an welfare benefit for those without employment to survive on.</p> <p>This article focuses on more issues regarding the services provided by the largest UK Government department including making <strong>false allegations</strong> towards people.</p> </div></div> <h2><a title="Jobcentre Plus suppression continues: jobseekers have zero rights" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/11/jobcentre-plus-suppression-continues-jobseekers-have-zero-rights/">Jobcentre Plus suppression continues: jobseekers have zero rights</a></h2> <p>July 11, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p><strong>It is official:</strong> jobseekers have <span style="text-decoration:underline;">no rights</span>. Jobcentre Plus <span style="text-decoration:underline;">doesn’t</span> follow the law. There is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">no punishment</span> against the Department for Work and Pensions for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">breaking the law</span> or for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">human rights violations</span>. Claiming benefits has become more difficult with many Benefit Delivery Centres using lie detectors which work by picking up anxiety etc. in the voice, the norm once been on hold for 20+ minutes, resulting in some people being unable to claim… and to top it off now New Deal Scandal has received numerous reports of jobseekers being removed from the Jobcentre without any legal justification and incriminated.</div> </div> <h2><a title="Welfare Reform Bill: There is more to come…" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/10/welfare-reform-bill-there-is-more-to-come/">Welfare Reform Bill: There is more to come…</a></h2> <p>July 10, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>As the entire UK goes crazy with shocking <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">new</span> plans of changing welfare in the country, New Deal Scandal reveals that the worse is still to come! You thought the Welfare Reform Bill was bad? Read on…</div> </div> <h2><a title="Reed in Partnership and the Ł3 million illegal immigrant fraud" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/10/reed-in-partnership-and-the-3-million-illegal-immigrant-fraud/">Reed in Partnership and the Ł3 million illegal immigrant fraud</a></h2> <p>July 10, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>New Deal Scandal recently reported that <strong>New Deal Provider </strong><a href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/06/28/new-deal-fraud-investigation-reed-in-partnership/"><strong>Reed in Partnership </strong>was under investigation for multi-million pound fraud</a> in 2001; we now can disclose that just two years later the Department for Work and Pensions was involved in a multi agency investigation of a fraud estimated at Ł3 million involving them finding jobs for illegal immigrants including failed asylum seekers.</div> </div> <h2><a title="Department for Work and Pensions: thousand bogus applications" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/08/department-for-work-and-pensions-thousand-bogus-applications/">Department for Work and Pensions: thousand bogus applications</a></h2> <p>July 8, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>The Government department was involved in a racial experiment with recruitment processes says the Institute of Economic Affairs, which involved sending two identical applications for 1,000 jobs – the difference being one was a typical “white British” name and the other was from a pool of names from different “ethnic minority” groups to compare the outcome . The Equality and Human Rights Commission – those who failed to pick up on New Deal, the proposed Flexible New Deal and Welfare Reform Bill – urges a clause in the Equality Bill to ban names in application forms</p> <p><span id="more-145"></span></div> </div> <h2><a title="What’s the point in Human Rights?" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/06/whats-the-point-in-human-rights/">What’s the point in Human Rights?</a></h2> <p>July 6, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>This article focuses on Human Rights in the United Kingdom.</p> <p>How does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights work in the United Kingdom? <a class="more-link" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/06/whats-the-point-in-human-rights/#more-129"></a></div> </div> <h2><a title="New Deal fraud: the techniques used to rip off the taxpayer" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/06/new-deal-fraud-techniques-used/">New Deal fraud: the techniques used to rip off the taxpayer</a></h2> <p>July 6, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>Many New Deal providers are using a whole range of fraudulent techniques to receive money unlawfully from the Government. The Government generally isn’t interested in knowing about these techniques, they only recognise the fraud that is forging employer signatures.</p></div> </div> <h2><a title="YMCA Training traded without planning permission over 6 months" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/06/03/ymca-training-traded-without-planning-permission-over-6-months/">YMCA Training traded without planning permission over 6 months</a></h2> <p>June 3, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>It has been discovered that Dencora House in Ipswich, a training centre run and rented by YMCA Training didn’t have planning permission for over 6 months. To run a training centre you require D1 planning consent. Dencora House and it’s 10 units all had B1 Offices planning consent. When YMCA Training, one of the largest training providers with 31 years experience and over 40 locations, rented units it was unaware of the law and therefore traded without permission.</p></div> </div> <h2><a title="Ł187,500: how much it cost Taxpayers to get a Jobseeker off the dole" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/06/07/187-500-pounds-cost-to-taxpayers-per-person-off-dole/">Ł187,500: how much it cost Taxpayers to get a Jobseeker off the dole</a></h2> <p>June 7, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <h3>Ł187,500</h3> <p>This is the amount it cost Taxpayers to get a single Jobseeker of the dole.</p> <p>This is the bombshell that stuck the final nail in the coffin of New Deal. A scheme setup by Gordon Brown for New Labour aiming to get less people claiming unemployment benefits and stop living a “life on benefits” lifestyle.</p> <p><strong>How did we come across this figure? </strong>Well… The <a href="http://intensiveactivity.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/the-failed-new-deal-scheme-in-figures/">New Deal scheme costs Taxpayers <strong>Ł75 billion</strong></a> and <a href="http://intensiveactivity.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/the-failed-new-deal-scheme-in-figures/">claimants have dropped by <strong>400,000 people</strong></a><strong> </strong>(this figure excludes the surge in new claimants due to the economical crisis) – this equates for each person who is not claiming benefit: <strong>Ł187,500</strong>!!</div> </div> <h2><a title="Welfare Reform: Criticism" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/06/08/welfare-reform-criticism/">Welfare Reform: Criticism</a></h2> <p>June 8, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>I was reading a <strong>great article on Welfare Reform</strong> (the <strong>Welfare Reform Bill 2009</strong>) however I greatly disagreed with the points made in the article so I decided to quote sections of it and comment!</p> <p></div> </div> <h2><a title="Guide to Decision Makers Guide (DMG)" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/06/22/guide-to-decision-makers-guide-dmg/">Guide to Decision Makers Guide (DMG)</a></h2> <p>June 22, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>This is a quick guide on the <strong>Department for Work and Pensions</strong>‘ Decision Makers Guide…</div> </div> <h2><a title="A4e to lose Flexible New Deal contract for fraud: other training providers also under investigation" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/06/28/a4e-to-lose-flexible-new-deal-contract-for-fraud/">A4e to lose Flexible New Deal contract for fraud: other training providers also under investigation</a></h2> <p>June 28, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p><strong>The Department for Work and Pensions has been investigating Action 4 Employment and at least 2 other undisclosed training providers for fraud over the last 13 months – this comes after Maatwerk had their contract terminated for fraud.</strong></p> <p>This means that even though they weren’t restricted or blacklisted from bidding for Flexible New Deal contracts: they will now lose the Flexible New Deal contracts after at least 20 cases of fraud have been discovered in May 2008 at A4e in Hull where two staff members falsified forms meant for the employer and also forged signatures on the forms in order to receive job outcome bonuses from DWP.</p></div> </div> <h2><a title="New Deal ends in half of Great Britain" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/06/30/new-deal-ends-in-great-britain/">New Deal ends in half of Great Britain</a></h2> <p>June 30, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>Since Monday, in half the country there will be no new referrals to New Deal. This could be due to <a href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/category/flexible-new-deal/">implementing the Flexible New Deal</a> or due to <a href="http://intensiveactivity.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/new-deal-fraud-probe-begins-a4e-under-investigation/">revelations of New Deal fraud</a> we recently reported, as the <strong>Flexible New Deal</strong> (if contracts are signed on time) are not due to begin until <strong>October</strong> allowing a 13 week programme to commence this week.</div> </div> <h2><a title="New Deal should be subjected to a Serious Fraud Office inquiry" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/06/30/new-deal-serious-fraud-office-inquiry/">New Deal should be subjected to a Serious Fraud Office inquiry</a></h2> <p>June 30, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>All New Deal training providers, past and present should be subject to an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. The fraud investigation can’t be conducted by the Department for Work and Pensions as they also fall under the suspicion of fraudulent activity and other acts of unlawful misconduct and requires an outside independent investigation</p></div> </div> <h2><a title="New Deal fraud technique: “exiting”" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/06/30/new-deal-fraud-technique-exiting/">New Deal fraud technique: “exiting”</a></h2> <p>June 30, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>The <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>illegal act </strong></span>of:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Acknowledging</strong> that regardless of the actual period of time the New Deal participant spends on the course <strong>they will get the full amount for the entire 13 weeks</strong>, unless they exceed their absence limit where they wont</li> <li><strong>Short listing</strong> those who appear not to be able to make the entire 13 weeks or those who are close to exceeding permitted absence limits <strong>to be dismissed</strong></li> <li>Acknowledging that the <strong>Jobseeker cannot appeal or prevent being dismissed</strong></li> <li><strong>Short listing random people</strong> <strong>for dismissal</strong> to ease overcrowding of training centres</li> <li>Making <strong>false declarations</strong> under oath of a disclaimer</li> <li> <strong>Tell the Jobseeker verbally</strong> an entire <strong>different story</strong></li> <li>When a <strong>Decision Maker</strong> writes to the <strong>Training Provider</strong>, the training provider <strong>delays the repl</strong><strong>y</strong></li> <li>Now that the people were <strong>exited</strong> – the training providers profit margins further reach the projections.</li> </ol> <p>… is known as “<strong>exiting</strong>“. <em>This is shortened, click above link for the full list.</em></p> <p><em> </em></div> </div> <h2><a title="Abolish the Jobseekers Agreement" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/01/abolish-the-jobseekers-agreement/">Abolish the Jobseekers Agreement</a></h2> <p>July 1, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>As from today the New Deal Scandal network will be also promoting the abolishment of the Jobseekers Agreement (JSAg), an proposed act of Welfare Reform</p></div> </div> <h2><a title="New Deal Fraud: A4e and Working Links response" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/01/new-deal-fraud-a4e-working-links-response/">New Deal Fraud: A4e and Working Links response</a></h2> <p>July 1, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>Both Action 4 Employment and Working Links publicly release a statement on the Channel 4 News report broadcast on the 30th June 2009, dated 28/06/2009 (A4e) and 29/06/2009 (Working Links) up to 2 days before the public were aware of their fraudulent activities.</p></div> </div> <h2><a title="New Deal fraud: A4e employee jailed for fraud" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/01/new-deal-fraud-a4e-employee-jailed/">New Deal fraud: A4e employee jailed for fraud</a></h2> <p>July 1, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>Former Action 4 Employment (A4e) employee Elizabeth Orsman has been jailed for fraud with a total value of Ł15,833.</p></div> </div> <h2><a title="New Deal Fraud: Over 278 full fraud investigations" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/02/new-deal-fraud-over-278-full-fraud-investigations/">New Deal Fraud: Over 278 full fraud investigations</a></h2> <p>July 2, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>Evidence from 2003 has been uncovered showing information on fraud investigations of New Deal in the first 5 years of New Deal. You may have heard about cases regarding companies such as A4e, Maatwerk and Working Links being investigated for fraud, however, official Parliament documents show that up until winter 2002 there was over <strong>278 in depth fraud investigations against New Deal providers</strong>, <strong>almost 2000 allegations of fraud</strong> committed by New Deal prime contractors and the <strong>rate of cases year on year seems to be on the increase</strong>. <em>Read on for more! <a class="more-link" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/02/new-deal-fraud-over-278-full-fraud-investigations/#more-100"></a></em></div> </div> <h2><a title="1,869 fraud tip offs in the first half of New Deal" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/03/1869-fraud-tip-offs-new-deal/">1,869 fraud tip offs in the first half of New Deal</a></h2> <p>July 3, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>New Deal Scandal can reveal that there were <a href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/02/new-deal-fraud-over-278-full-fraud-investigations/"><strong>1,869 allegations of fraud made against New Deal providers</strong></a> within the first 5 years – <strong>15% of these allegations </strong>(or roughly 1 in 6)<strong> resulted in full fraud investigations</strong> being carried out.</p> <p></div> </div> <h2><a title="a4e New Deal Fraud: Finance Director resigned" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/03/a4e-new-deal-fraud-finance-director-resigned/">a4e New Deal Fraud: Finance Director resigned</a></h2> <p>July 3, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>We can reveal that on the 20th April 2009, Mr Neil Watson the Finance Director for Action 4 Employment resigned from a4e Ltd as a director.</p></div> </div> <h2><a title="New Deal fraud technique: “stalling”" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/08/new-deal-fraud-technique-stalling/">New Deal fraud technique: “stalling”</a></h2> <p>July 8, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>The <span style="text-decoration:underline;">illegal <strong>fraudulent act</strong></span> of:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Offering to post</strong> letters, CV’s and application forms / previous telling the participant that they will post themand</li> <li><strong>Not posting</strong> the letters as previously saidand</li> <li><strong>Delaying</strong> the posting of them deliberately with intent so they would exceed deadlines</li> </ol> <p>… is known as “stalling“.</p></div> </div> <h2><a title="Unemployed: Temporary or Parked?" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/08/unemployed-temporary-or-parked/">Unemployed: Temporary or Parked?</a></h2> <p>July 8, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">I can’t stress enough how great it is to have a job which is permanent and secured</span></strong></p> <p>Tonight I wish to raise the major unemployment issue: the System’s Cherry Pick or Park approach.</p> <p>Regardless of being in a recession or not, there are two distinct groups of unemployed people that are jobseekers who are on benefits:</p> <p><strong>1) </strong><strong>The Lucky</strong>.</p> <p>The lucky group will only be unemployed for a short period typically between 2 weeks and six months and head back into sustainable long term fulltime employment.</p> <p>and</p> <p><strong>2) The Unlucky</strong>.</p> <p>The unlucky group is destined to remain longterm unemployed with the occassional unsustainable short jobs (Agency, temporary etc.) from anything between several hours a week here and there, and 4-9 months. The unlucky ones are forced to register for agencies who are only usually interested in promoting very casual work – which obviously are unsustainable, inadequate to live on, and without much notice (a phone call on the day to work is common) – and requires either signing off for the period (then signing back on afterwards) or going down to sign on and declare work resulting in no payment and probably a staff member reporting you to the fraud squad.</p> <p><strong>Wonder why there are so many agency jobs advertised at the Jobcentre? </strong></div> </div> <h2><a title="Seetec’s Operations Manager reads news on A4e" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/07/06/seetec-operations-manager-reads-a4e-fraud-news/">Seetec’s Operations Manager reads news on A4e</a></h2> <p>July 6, 2009</p> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"> <p>Today we saw a referrer from Seetec’s Webmail. The Operations Manager has read the blog post on “<a href="http://www.newdealscandal.co.uk/flexiblenewdeal/2009/06/28/a4e-to-lose-flexible-new-deal-contract-for-fraud/"><strong>A4e to lose Flexible New Deal contract for fraud: other training providers also under investigation</strong></a>“…</div>