I AGREE with your leader about the UK Government's Work Programme ("The programme that isn't working", The Herald November 28) when you say that "the current set-up is a bad deal for clients and taxpayers".
I AGREE with your leader about the UK Government's Work Programme (\"The programme that isn't working\", The Herald November 28) when you say that \"the current set-up is a bad deal for clients and taxpayers\".
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With figures showing that barely 3.5% of people on the programme have found sustainable employment; what more proof do we need that it isn't working? The UK Government can't afford to keep investing in these punitive schemes.
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I AGREE with your leader about the UK Government's Work Programme ("The programme that isn't working", The Herald November 28) when you say that "the current set-up is a bad deal for clients and taxpayers".
With figures showing that barely 3.5% of people on the programme have found sustainable employment; what more proof do we need that it isn't working? The UK Government can't afford to keep investing in these punitive schemes.
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