Great Britain : press review- January 23rd to 27th 2006

Governmental plans to offshore Department for Work and Pensions' call-centers, and major overhaul for the Incapacity Benefits (IB) system, were very interesting issues for the British press this week. It is unusual for British papers to deal with social matters so much. (Ref. 0676)

Through . Published on 30 January 2006 Ă  18h01 - Update on 17 March 2013 Ă  21h58

The Department for Work and Pensions was in the center of the news this week. On Monday, a scandal was born when the main civil servants’ trade union (PCS)  leaked a secret report elaborated by the Department’s security division. This  document deals with the security measures that should be taken if phone  services were offshored. The press largely picked up the union’s concern that  tens of thousands of jobs could leave the country.…

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