It is with considerable frustration that I am adding to the mountain of words written to plead with the Department for Work and Pensions for…

As I write it is a year since the UK voted by a slim margin to leave the EU; the Conservative government has pledged £1b…

If we doubted that we lived in “uncertain times” I doubt we doubt that now!  So far 2017 has been a year to either stay…

DWP has a brand new ministerial team with only Lord Freud staying on from the previous incumbency. New ministers at Minister of State grade for…

Well if we wanted to live in “interesting times” we have them right now by the bucketful – a lame duck government, a non-existent opposition…

Last week I was asked to respond to a first wave of research findings around welfare conditionality. It’s a fascinating project over several years bringing…

If, like me, you have worked for some time in the Education, Employment and Skills sector you’ll appreciate the frustration I feel when I see…

I have really enjoyed watching “The Autistic Gardener” on Channel 4. I picked it up late and intend to catch the rest on 4OD and…

One of the more sobering elements of the Youth Employment Convention in London last week was Will Hutton’s exhortation that we should be “very angry”…

At last, we’re off! The Work Programme is out of the traps. The tenders are won, contracts signed, programme launched and it has all started…