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ePolitix.com Stakeholders comment on the Commons work and pensions committee report on 'Flexible New Deals'.
Stakeholder Response: The Wise Group
Wise Group chief executive Laurie Russell told ePolitix.com: "As one of the UK's leading social enterprises we are extremely encouraged that the government views the third sector as pivotal to the success of the reform of welfare-to-work and of the new FND programme in particular.
"The people we deal with on a daily basis continue to face the same barriers as before in getting into work, but with fewer jobs available and more people losing jobs, we believe that it will make it more difficult for the Wise Group to deliver the job targets that the government set out for FND.
"We are confident our knowledge of our clients' complex needs and employers' requirements will allow us to meet performance demands in this changing economic climate if the funding is sufficient."
Stakeholder Response: Association of Learning Providers
Graham Hoyle, chief executive of the Association of Learning Providers, said: "The select committee is right to highlight the unrealistic output related funding rates that are being proposed for Flexible New Deal.
"ALP-member employment and training providers, who have been delivering UK welfare-to-work programmes for many years, would go further and say that the fundamental issue with FND is that it was designed for a different economic climate and that a complete review of the government's employment and skills programmes is now required to make them more integrated and responsive to the recession."
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