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Labour leadership: Kendall and Burnham set out work plans Labour leadership: Kendall and Burnham unveil work policies
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Back-to-work schemes should be devolved to cities and regions across England rather than run from Whitehall, Labour leader contender Liz Kendall will say. Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall has vowed to scrap the government's welfare-to-work programme.
In a speech, she will criticise the Tories' flagship Work Programme for the long-term unemployed as a "failed experiment in welfare privatisation". Ms Kendall branded the scheme - which pays firms for getting people back into work - a "failed experiment in welfare privatisation".
Projects should reflect labour market variations, with local groups keeping some income generated, she will say. Instead the task of getting people off benefits should be handed to cities and regions, the Labour MP said.
Fellow candidate Andy Burnham will urge employment tribunal fees to be axed. And fellow candidate Andy Burnham will urge employment tribunal fees to be axed, ahead of a hustings later.
'Unnecessary suffering' Ms Kendall, Mr Burnham and the two other candidates in the contest - Yvette Cooper and Jeremy Corbyn - are taking part in a debate with trade union members.
The policy announcements come as Ms Kendall, Mr Burnham and the two other candidates in the contest - Yvette Cooper and Jeremy Corbyn - prepare to take part in another hustings with trade union members.
The four MPs are competing to succeed Ed Miliband as leader, with the election result due to be announced in September.The four MPs are competing to succeed Ed Miliband as leader, with the election result due to be announced in September.
In a speech in the City of London prior to the hustings, Ms Kendall will say Labour must support enterprise and entrepreneurs but also address what she will claim is the "unnecessary suffering" being caused to those who face the biggest barriers to finding work. In a speech in the City of London prior to the hustings, Ms Kendall said Labour must support enterprise and entrepreneurs but also address what she claimed was the "unnecessary suffering" being caused to those who face the biggest barriers to finding work.
Major changes, she will suggest, are needed to the Work Programme, the government's flagship welfare-to work scheme which in 2011 replaced a variety of schemes which existed under the previous Labour government. Major changes, she suggested, are needed to the Work Programme, the government's flagship welfare-to work scheme which in 2011 replaced a variety of schemes which existed under the previous Labour government.
It gives intensive support, work experience and training to those on Jobseekers Allowance, Incapacity Benefit and other benefits for up to two years, with private, public and voluntary sector providers paid by results in terms of job outcomes.It gives intensive support, work experience and training to those on Jobseekers Allowance, Incapacity Benefit and other benefits for up to two years, with private, public and voluntary sector providers paid by results in terms of job outcomes.
According to the House of Commons library, between June 2011 and March 2015, 1.73 million people were referred to the Work Programme in Great Britain and 432,610 found some form of work as a result.According to the House of Commons library, between June 2011 and March 2015, 1.73 million people were referred to the Work Programme in Great Britain and 432,610 found some form of work as a result.
But Ms Kendall will say the programme has "lamentably failed to help the long-term sick and disabled return to work" and oversight of the scheme needs to be taken out of the hands of officials in Whitehall and given to local consortia. But Ms Kendall claimed the programme "lamentably failed to help the long-term sick and disabled return to work" and oversight of the scheme needed to be taken out of the hands of officials in Whitehall and given to local consortiums.
"Labour's replacement for the work programme... will be designed and led by our towns, cities and county regions," she will say at an event in the City of London. "They know their labour markets best. "Labour's replacement for the work programme... will be designed and led by our towns, cities and county regions," she said. "They know their labour markets best."
"And they can build partnerships with local employers, housing associations and other agencies far better than any national programme. I want local areas taking control and keeping some of the money they save by helping people back to work.""And they can build partnerships with local employers, housing associations and other agencies far better than any national programme. I want local areas taking control and keeping some of the money they save by helping people back to work."
The government argues that more flexibility, local autonomy and financial incentives have been built into the Work Programme than any previous back-to-work scheme but critics say this has led providers to target easier-to-help individuals.The government argues that more flexibility, local autonomy and financial incentives have been built into the Work Programme than any previous back-to-work scheme but critics say this has led providers to target easier-to-help individuals.
'Basic rights' Andy Burnham will announce plans for a review of charges for workers seeking to take their employers to a tribunal.
Ms Kendall has gone further than her rivals in calling for a new approach to work and welfare after Labour's election defeat, saying she backs the government's plan to reduce the welfare cap to £23,000 a year. The review would be led by former director of public prosecutions Sir Keir Starmer, who became a Labour MP in May, Mr Burnham will announce.
Ahead of next week's Budget - in which Chancellor George Osborne is expected to give more details of his £12bn plan for welfare cuts - new analysis has suggested more than half of UK households receive more from the state in welfare payments and pensions than they pay in tax. Mr Burnham will say the fees, which can see claimants pay £1,200 to secure a full hearing, were making it harder for employees on short-term and irregular contracts to protect themselves in an increasingly casualised jobs market.
The 51.5% of households taking in more than they contribute in 2013-14 is down from a high of 53.5% in 2010-11, but is well above the 43.8% recorded in 2000-01, said the Centre for Policy Studies, a centre-right body co-founded by former PM Lady Thatcher.
But the TUC said its conclusions were "extremely misleading", because it included retired households who receive pensions after a lifetime of paying taxes.
Meanwhile, Mr Burnham will say the former director of public prosecutions Sir Keir Starmer, who became a Labour MP in May, would lead a review of charges introduced in 2013 for workers seeking to bring a case against their employer to an employment tribunal.
He will say the fees, which can see claimants pay £1,200 to secure a full hearing, were making it harder for employees on short-term and irregular contracts to protect themselves in an increasingly casualised jobs market.
"Workers with genuine grievances are denied access to justice because of their inability to pay the fees," he will say. "The fees are a barrier that puts justice out of reach for the workers who need it most.""Workers with genuine grievances are denied access to justice because of their inability to pay the fees," he will say. "The fees are a barrier that puts justice out of reach for the workers who need it most."
He will say the review, in consultation with unions and businesses, would safeguard the "basic human right of access to justice regardless of ability to pay".He will say the review, in consultation with unions and businesses, would safeguard the "basic human right of access to justice regardless of ability to pay".