Work Programme is another expensive failure for DWP, says TUC

Responding to the publication today (Thursday) of a Public Accounts Committee report that is critical of the performance of Work Programme private contractors and their use of sanctions, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“Once again the Public Accounts Committee has exposed private contractors for broken promises and poor performance.

“The Work Programme is yet another expensive failure for Iain Duncan Smith and the Department for Work and Pensions. Private companies are milking the tax payer without delivering the results they promised for people who are desperate to get a decent job.

“Disabled people have been most let down and are being unfairly sanctioned in record numbers instead of getting the help they need to get a job.”

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