job centre 'travel to interview' scheme stopped!
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juggler7
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wow...I have been to 3 interviews which cost me £75 last week thanks to the rip-off train fares, and I was hoping I would be able to claim the money back, but it looks like the travel to interview scheme has stopped...
I mean what is the government doing? trying to make it as miserable as possible for those who are poor? some of us are trying to dig our way out, not all of us are scrounging scum
the whole reason I don't have a job is because of government cuts in the first place, and now we are getting penalised like it is our fault! as if we are all lazy dopers...
honestly I am sick of this
I mean what is the government doing? trying to make it as miserable as possible for those who are poor? some of us are trying to dig our way out, not all of us are scrounging scum
the whole reason I don't have a job is because of government cuts in the first place, and now we are getting penalised like it is our fault! as if we are all lazy dopers...
honestly I am sick of this
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Wow, you're right - why on earth has this been done? Never heard anything about this until your post.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Jobseekers/programmesandservices/DG_1736310 -
so, if theres no work in your area, and you find work in a different area, you cant take it to interview stage anymore - wonder whos brainy idea this was to save a few pound.Owed out = lots. :cool:0
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Ridiculous!
Although you would not have been able to claim it back afterwards anyway, you had to claim it before you went.0 -
At my work the Job Centre have just refused to pay for train tickets for someoen to attend an induction - they can't afford to come without it so we've had to withdraw their job offer - !!!!!!?!0
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BodyElectric wrote: »You seem to have swallowed the government line in this respect tho', as far as I am concerned no one is as you describe above.
Quite right, it is the idle rich that have never done a days work in their lives who are the real lazy sods. The benefit system is there to provide free and very cheap labour for them.0 -
Welcome to the Tories. Same as they were in the 1980's and early 90's. Its almost as if they want an underclass to scoff at. One wonders whether Cameron wants to beat Maggies unemployment record.0
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wow...I have been to 3 interviews which cost me £75 last week thanks to the rip-off train fares, and I was hoping I would be able to claim the money back, but it looks like the travel to interview scheme has stopped...
I mean what is the government doing? trying to make it as miserable as possible for those who are poor? some of us are trying to dig our way out, not all of us are scrounging scum
the whole reason I don't have a job is because of government cuts in the first place, and now we are getting penalised like it is our fault! as if we are all lazy dopers...
honestly I am sick of this
What do you mean by "it looks like"? Where did you hear this?
I have an interview in a few weeks' time - a couple of days before I go, I have an appointment with the Job Centre to sort out my travel warrant to get there and back. (Already discussed and agreed in principle - the appointment is to show them proof of my interview.)0 -
Welcome to the Tories. Same as they were in the 1980's and early 90's. Its almost as if they want an underclass to scoff at. One wonders whether Cameron wants to beat Maggies unemployment record.
More unemployed and less educated is a step closer to Camerons work for dole policy, that is the thinking behind the "big society". As long as those who rule over us are well catered for, it does not matter what happens to the rest of us.0 -
What do you mean by "it looks like"? Where did you hear this?
I have an interview in a few weeks' time - a couple of days before I go, I have an appointment with the Job Centre to sort out my travel warrant to get there and back. (Already discussed and agreed in principle - the appointment is to show them proof of my interview.)
There was a link in the thread
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Jobseekers/programmesandservices/DG_173631
"Important update: Travel to Interview scheme is now closed
The Travel to Interview scheme is now closed. Please speak to your Jobcentre Plus adviser for more information."0
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