The Government’s JobsPlus scheme could be retooled to benefit older long-term unemployed people, with a report finding the group was underrepresented and less likely to succeed in staying off the Live ...

By Lynsey Sweeney, Managing Director of Communities That Work  If this Labour government is serious about getting Britain ...

Inspectors tasked with investigating breaches of employment rules have been adopting a lenient approach when dealing with certain infringements, a National Audit Office investigation found. JobsPlus ...

There are less than 12 Jobsplus inspectors responsible for inspecting all workplaces across all economic sectors, the public inquiry into Jean Paul Sofia’s death has heard. When grilled by the board, ...

Jobsplus’ enforcement powers are held back by a lack of investigators and a “lax attitude towards compliance”, the Auditor General said in a report published on Monday. The report looked into the ...