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Brown's £2,500-a-job bonus



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Published Date: 13 January 2009
By ROSS LYDALL
FIRMS are to receive £2,500 for each long-term unemployed person they hire under a £500 million package announced by Gordon Brown yesterday.
The Prime Minister told a jobs summit in London that the incentive would be offered to companies taking on staff who had been on the dole for at least six months.

The proposal – part of a £1 billion plan to address soaring unemployment – is similar to a Conservative initiative announced two months ago, which would have cut firms' National Insurance contributions by £2,500 for each new worker employed.

Mr Brown, who was boosted with news that the supermarket chain Morrisons planned to create 5,000 new posts, said the measures should help 500,000 people back into work or training over the next two years. There would also be more apprenticeships.

He said: "We will do everything we can to prevent the global recession turning into a global depression."





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  • Last Updated: 12 January 2009 10:11 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Labour Party
 
1

Jimmy Le Pie,

13/01/2009 00:07:14
The first priority should be to save existing jobs.

Mind you can only expect stupid ideas from New labour Sleaze and Corruption.
The house of cards is collapsing and not a moment too soon.
2

Jimmy Le Pie,

13/01/2009 00:08:13
Which companies are taking on all these extra apprentices???

Do tell!
3

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13/01/2009 00:39:38
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4

Sierra Foothills Scot,

Diamond Springs 13/01/2009 01:46:08
How can Brown expect firms to take on more workers then their customers aren't buying? Brown is showboating.
5

Sierra Foothills Scot,

Diamond Springs 13/01/2009 01:48:34
It should be "...when their customers...", not "then". Sorry.
6

connaughtboy,

stonehaven 13/01/2009 08:13:14
Another waste of money, just like the VAT debacle.

Looks like Brown's rescue package is starting to look incompetent.
7

Calum10,

13/01/2009 09:55:52
Gordon Brown may have saved the world by the UK economy is going down the tubes fast. The bank bail-out has been a failure. The cut in VAT farcical. Labour has been found wanting as the economy flounders.

The only way to save jobs and prevent misery for millions is to bypass the banks, cut costs for employers and put money in the pockets of the lowest earners. That means;

1. Providing a government backed £100 billion scheme to provide loans direct to employers.

2. Freeze local business taxes for the next 3 years.

3. Cut National Insurance contributions for employers and employees.

4. Bring back the 10p Income Tax band.

We need action and we need it now.
8

WSS,

sandbach 13/01/2009 10:44:18
Calum 10 how right you are at what needs to be done to improve the economy. Alas Brown doesn't do action.
9

For Scotlands Future,

Vote for the SNP 14/01/2009 00:01:02
#2
Apprentices?? Apprentices?? Just who the he$$ takes on Apprentices these days. This money is for minimum wage jobs. 6-months is not a long time. Fire the first lot and take on the next lot and get another £2,500 for each one.

I couldn't believe Maggie Brown's bare-faced lies when he said the core unemployment is 100,000, meaning people who have been unemployed for 6-months(??). There are 100,000 of these in Glasgow alone. There are more of these in Glasgow East alone.

There are Statistics;
there are lies;
and after that there are the Westminster figures regarding unemployment;
and after that the Westminster figures for the amount of money that Scotland get more than everyone else;
and after that there are the Westminster figures for the benefits that Scotland gets for being part of this b@stard union.

 

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