Work Programme woes in FT

There’s a story I believe that the’ WP hangs by a thread’

Unfortunately didn’t pick up a copy of the FT and its pay per view via t’internet.

I could click through to the story. Anyway, the key quote is probably:

Ian Mulheirn, director of the Social Market Foundation think-tank, said: “The OBR is predicting that the numbers claiming unemployment benefits will be 460,000 higher in 2014 than they thought when the Work Programme was commissioned.

“The combination of rising caseloads, falling labour demand, and the shift to 100 per cent outcome-based funding for providers is dire news for Work Programme viability.”