New Deal and Flexible New Deal Exposed

I’m glad I’m not a NEET.

I have been on JSA for 34 weeks. For the 1st 26 weeks I recieved the NI based benefit of £70 pw. However I do not receive any benefits now as my wife earns around 25K. I have mortgage protection ins for which I get an AB1I form every 4 weeks. My fat…

I started on flexible new deal last december and had to go to a training centre once a fortnight for the first twenty weeks. Then they sent me onto another training centre 200yards down the road to complete 12weeks. I was asked to attend roughly once a fortnight and then for the last four weeks had to complete a mandatory four week work experience. This was in the admin section of the training company where five of us were hanging around most of the time as they didn’t have enough work for one person. Now I will be moved onto another provider in the next few weeks to complete another 20 weeks and I’m told that I will have to attend roughly once a week. The worst part of it so far has been the switch to a training allowance from jobseekers allowance and now that I’ve finished my mandatory work experience I have to hand in a housing benefit form as my housing benefit has been suspended because of the switch. I received my p45u before I started the four week mandatory work experience so the government unemployment figures didn’t include me for four weeks.

Well you could appeal gemini a good way to waste their time and money. And as you got your proof and you have got aswthe side of you so many times it might just stand you in good stead nothing ventured nothing gained. I would also complain to your local mp