New Deal for older jobless is launched

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Unemployed people aged over 26 will be embraced in an extension of the UK government's New Deal initiative, revealed on 29 June 1998. From autumn 1998, state payment reductions will be imposed on people shunning training and education or work placements in pilot initiatives which had so far covered 18-25-year-olds. The scheme has its origins in the workfare programme in the US and windfall taxes of around GB 479mn have been set aside for an extension which will cover people aged 25 and above who have been jobless for at least two years. In certain areas, the scheme will cover people who have been jobless for a year and a half while in others with will embrace people out of work for a year at least.

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UK: Unemployed people aged over 26 will be embraced in an extension of govt's New Deal initiative

Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs), Labor Training & Services, Manpower policy

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I must complain

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A single Financial Services Ombudsman will replace the UK's various existing financial services ombudsmen in 2000. The Consumers' Association has expressed the hope that the Financial Services Ombudsman will take a pro-active role, sharing information with the regulators so that swift action can be taken if bad practices are revealed. Personal Investment Authority Ombudsman Anthony Holland believes that there is a danger that the Ombudsman scheme will become an adversarial process if costs are regularly awarded, even though expert help is justified in some cases.

Financial Services, Finance and Insurance, Laws, regulations and rules, Financial services industry, Ombudsmen

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Private firms bid for failing school

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Councillors in Surrey, UK, are to discuss proposals submitted by 3 companies on how to improve failing comprehensive school Kings Manor in Guildford. The move marks the first time private firms have competed to take over a failing secondary school. If the concept of private-sector management is agreed, companies will be invited to submit formal bids. The companies asked to submit plans are Nord Anglia , CfBT and the Edison Project .

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UK: Councilors in Surrey are to discuss proposals submitted by 3 cos on how to improve failing comprehensive school Kings Manor

Secondary Schools, Public, Elementary and Secondary Schools, High schools, Public schools

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