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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)
(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)
(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 #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)
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