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The long road from welfare to work

Fran Abrams — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:49:59 GMT

Will the government�s proposals to change the way training providers are paid really help solve the UK�s youth unemployment problem?

The war for the poor

Fran Abrams — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

In the run-up to next year�s general election, poverty is back at the heart of political debate. In the first of a series of investigations into the reality of deprivation in Britain today, Fran Abrams uncovers the deepening effects of joblessness in Lancashire

High school delusional

Fran Abrams — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:13:02 GMT

Too many young people are encouraged to dream of fame when, in reality, their prospects are bleak.

''We've had to let six staff go this Christmas . . . people with families and mortgages''

Fran Abrams — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:44:59 GMT

Families all over Britain are bracing themselves for hard times. For some, they have already started. Fran Abrams reports from Leek in Staffordshire

Our school's fine, thanks

Fran Abrams — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Education - Ministers are making far-reaching decisions based on the experience of London alone. Elsewhere, people are remarkably happy with their children's schools

Making the grade

Fran Abrams — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Teacher Man Frank McCourt Fourth Estate, 272pp, �18.99 ISBN 0007173989