Sunday, February 26, 2012

The Best Tory Prime Minister We'll Never Have?

'The flagship project, described by Iain Duncan Smith as his contribution to the Big Society, is the new “work programme”, a hugely ambitious scheme to find stable jobs for the unemployed. In general, it is compulsory after nine months for young people and after a year for those aged 25 and over: 370,000 jobseekers were referred to the scheme between June and November 2011 alone. At the heart of the work programme is a financial incentive structure that rewards private and voluntary sector contractors for finding jobs or training positions for the unemployed.' (Matthew D'Ancona - Telegraph.)

A Fascinating Take on Baptism.

  Baptism isn't a symbol or a spell. It's a treaty. By Dale Moreau , Op-ed contributor Thursday, September 10, 2026 Getty Images/Ib...