Reducing unemployment – a simple blueprint

Posted by Richard Johnson on May 25, 2020 · Leave a Comment 

The UK’s Chancellor is forecasting unemployment will reach double digits (up from under 4% in March 2020), but what are his plans for reversing this social and economic catastrophe? Once we emerge from our shelters, it is entirely possible to help more people find jobs again more quickly (and speed recovery) and it is not … Continue reading →

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Kabul launch

Posted by Richard Johnson on July 5, 2018 · 2 Comments 

(New business/tender opportunity?) As flagged in a recent post, I am working with the World Bank and MoLSAMD (Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs & Disabled) in Kabul on two employment pilots.The Notices of Prequalification for both pilots – called PLACED – have now been cleared for publication. These will shortly appear on the UNDB … Continue reading →

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Right Grayling, wrong crime

Posted by Richard Johnson on July 3, 2018 · 5 Comments 

The UK parliament’s Justice Select Committee has finally confirmed what we predicted in our blogs and advised the Committee as early as 2013. The so-called ‘rehabilitation revolution’, or contracting out of probation services, by the then Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, has been a complete failure. There has been a reduction in quality of service, “disappointing” … Continue reading →

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