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Most recent bulletins

 

LESPN eBulletin #20 (19 April 2012)

(New employment figures; Mayoral  election update; London NEET programmes; London Boroughs Grants Scheme; ESF 2014-2020; Work Programme and VCS; Work Experience Placements charter; BBC Panorama on Apprenticeships; Skills Funding Agency news; BAME Unemployment; DCLG's Troubled Families; Welfare Reform Act and DWP Social Justice Strategy)

 

LESPN eBulletin #19 (24 February 2012)

(LVSTC winds up;  GLA ESF Youth Programme 2011-13; Youth Contract provision for disengaged 16-17 year olds; 'Workfare' controversy; A4e in the firing line; London Enterprise Panel announced; Work Programme referral statistics published; NAO report on Work Programme)

 

LESPN eBulletin #18 (22 December 2011)

(Labour market outlook, Work Programme and the VCS, Work Programme performance monitoring, Merlin Standard, London Councils ESF cuts, Reaction to Youth Contract, SFA news, Select Committee report on Big Society, London Boroughs Procurement Pledge, Preparing for the caps, FE and skills reform, Research and comment)

 

 LESPN eBulletin #17 (28 November 2011)

(The government's Youth Contract announcement - a new programme to tackle youth unemployment; ongoing debate about the role of the VCS in the Work Programme; more details released on the government's welfare reform plans - including research on the impact of Universal Credit in London, and new research on disability and employment; details of GLA ESF programme for 2012-13 will be released soon)

 

LESPN eBulletin #16 (14 October 2011)

(Release of Fair Chance to Work report on Work Programme survey; TUPE legal masterclass; Launch of London Councils ESF programme and Community Grants; Reports from the Conservative Conference; IFS analysis of impact of Universal Credit on poverty; VCS workforce hit hard by the recession; Changes to skills funding for the unemployed; etc)

 

LESPN eBulletin #15 (25 August 2011)

(Free workshops for LESPN members, London Labour Market data August 2011, VCS involvement in Work Programme, London Enterprise Partnership, DWP ESF programme for Families with Multiple Problems, Merlin Standard Advisory Board and ERSA Supply chain Forum hold meetings, SFA news, London Assembly report on 2012 Games, ACEVO Youth Unemployment commission, DWP Innovation Fund, Future Jobs Fund evaluation, Select Committee report on WCA, etc)

 

LESPN eBulletin #14 (8 July 2011)(LESPN news, LVSC office move and new website, DWP ESF programme, DWP Innovation Fund, Work Programme launch, Work Programme tracking VCS involvement and customer experience in London, SFA tenders closing, welfare reform, 2012 employment and skills inquiry, race equality briefings, CESI national welfare to work convention)

 

LESPN eBulletin #13 (27 May 2011)(LESPN news, Work Programme and VCS in London, Meeting with Stephen Timms MP, DWP ESF programme on workless families, London employment and skills convention, Mayor's reply to LESPN letter re: Work Programme, Government launches Supporting Youth Employment, DWP Innovation Fund, Select Committee report on Work Programme, voluntary customer referrals to Work Programme, SFA's ESF 2011-13 Youth Programme PPQ, Adult and Community Learning Fund, London Living Wage, on Councils borough grants scheme)

 

LESPN eBulletin #12 (4 May 2011)(LESPN news, Straw poll of Work Programme involvement and ongoing tracking, London Skills and Employment Observatory report on Work Programme, Goodbye LSEB, Big Squeeze survey to map the impact of cuts in London, LDA ESF programme, Merlin Standard, Regional Growth Fund, £26K total household benefit cap, National Child Poverty Strategy, Consultation on Supporting People data)

 

LESPN eBulletin #11 (25 March 2011)(LESPN news, LSEB news, Work Programme update, Mandatory Work Activity, Budget 2011, ESF update, Health and stress in the workplace in 2011, Welfare Reform Bill, Transition Fund)

Previous ebulletins can be viewed in the archive .