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 ...

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 ...

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 ...