{"id":9500,"date":"2011-04-05T13:49:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T11:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=9500"},"modified":"2011-04-07T21:12:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T20:12:37","slug":"unemployment-is-going-to-increase-soon-its-guaranteed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/04\/05\/unemployment-is-going-to-increase-soon-its-guaranteed\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment is going to increase soon – it’s guaranteed"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the FT reports<\/a>, and as Polly Toynbee notes<\/a>, the government has announced the companies that will be its preferred providers for a \u00a33bn to \u00a35bn market in back-to-work projects that will see at least 2m people put through welfare-to-work programmes during the next five to seven years.<\/p>\n

Who won? Ingeus Deloitte - yes that is the accounting firm - were the big winners.<\/p>\n

40 contracts were offered. How many went to non-profit organisations? Two.<\/p>\n

How many to public sector organisations? One.<\/p>\n

How many did Deloitte get? Seven.<\/p>\n

But who, during the trial was twice as effective as the private sector? Job Centre Plus - who have all the expertise built up over years to do the job.<\/p>\n

But this is an ideological and not a logical process that is being engaged in. So Deloitte got the deal. And that's yet another example of public funds being captured for private gain.<\/p>\n

But they only get paid by results. So large numbers of people on incapacity benefit will be told to go back to work.<\/p>\n

Now there's a slight problem there. There are no jobs. So, unemployment is bound to increase, significantly.<\/p>\n

That's a foregone conclusion.<\/p>\n

So this government is now investing in increasing the number of people who are unemployed. What a strange policy objective. But it all makes sense if Deloitte are paid. Because that's what it's all about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the FT reports, and as Polly Toynbee notes, the government has announced the companies that will be its preferred providers for a \u00a33bn to
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