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Atos given responsibility for new childcare scheme despite previous fitness-for-work fiasco
by Irn Bru Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:22 pm
The new £2,000 scheme announced by the Government yesterday to help parents with childcare costs will be co-run by the troubled outsourcing firm Atos, it has been revealed.
Despite coming under fire for its role in testing people currently receiving disability benefits, the IT company has been given joint responsibility with the National Savings and Investments (NS&I) to implement the programme which will replace childcare vouchers, The Times reported.
NS&I confirmed that while the French IT services firm will be responsible for the payment aspect of the scheme, it will not be involved in eligibility testing.
Government sources told the newspaper that they were certain the agency is capable of running the programme.
Last month Atos confirmed it was seeking to end its government contract to carry out work and capability assessments after its staff received death threats, the Financial Times reported.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/atos-given-responsibility-for-new-childcare-scheme-despite-previous-fitnessforwork-fiasco-9203256.html
What an absolute joke this is that this company are stating that they no longer will carry out the WCAs are now being awarded another contract.
Scrap public sector jobs and give the work to a private company and then claim they have created new private sector jobs.
What a bunch of chancers
Despite coming under fire for its role in testing people currently receiving disability benefits, the IT company has been given joint responsibility with the National Savings and Investments (NS&I) to implement the programme which will replace childcare vouchers, The Times reported.
NS&I confirmed that while the French IT services firm will be responsible for the payment aspect of the scheme, it will not be involved in eligibility testing.
Government sources told the newspaper that they were certain the agency is capable of running the programme.
Last month Atos confirmed it was seeking to end its government contract to carry out work and capability assessments after its staff received death threats, the Financial Times reported.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/atos-given-responsibility-for-new-childcare-scheme-despite-previous-fitnessforwork-fiasco-9203256.html
What an absolute joke this is that this company are stating that they no longer will carry out the WCAs are now being awarded another contract.
Scrap public sector jobs and give the work to a private company and then claim they have created new private sector jobs.
What a bunch of chancers
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Re: Atos given responsibility for new childcare scheme despite previous fitness-for-work fiasco
by Guest Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:24 pm
This is a bloody joke!
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Re: Atos given responsibility for new childcare scheme despite previous fitness-for-work fiasco
by Guest Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:28 pm
Doesn't make any sense at all, since they have admitted that they were negligent and couldn't do the previous job by the stats and by pulling out of the original contract early.
Nothing surprises me anymore, with this dreadful Lib/Con coalition..The sooner they are got shot of the better.
Nothing surprises me anymore, with this dreadful Lib/Con coalition..The sooner they are got shot of the better.
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