25/05/2010 – Existing Future Jobs contracts will be honoured
Chancellor George Osborne announced on Monday that the programme would be frozen as part of £6.2bn of spending cuts.
Under the £1bn fund, created by the Labour government in 2009, to part-fund the six-month work placements hundreds of voluntary organisations have received payments. So far grants have been issued for 60,000 placements, many organised by the voluntary sector.
Existing contracts under the fund, including those delayed during the pre-election period, will be met. "For all organisations in receipt of grants it will be business as usual," a DWP statement said.
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