A4e the Musical
A-4-e
As simple as dole for me
A4e 1,2,3, Wrags and Neats
Into work, A-4-e works for me!
Starring
Emma Harrison - Former Family Tsar and founder of A4e
A4e - From humble beginnings in Sheffield to
multinational 'workfare' provider a corporate habitual fraudster
22nd March 2012
Leak shows A4e managers knew of potential fraud in 2009
Welfare to work firm says it changed procedures after internal audit found potentially criminal or irregular activity by employees Click Link
20th March 2012
How Emma Harrison 'avoided £800,000 in higher rate tax'
Little wonder the 50p tax rate hasn't brought in the expected revenue: here's one way to avoid paying it. Click Here
9th March 2012
DWP announce new fraud investigation into A4e
This week we have been made aware of an allegation of attempted fraud in relation to a Mandatory Work Activity contract with A4e. We have begun a formal, immediate investigation of this allegation.
As a result of this new allegation DWP has immediately commenced its own independent audit of all our commercial relationships with A4e. We have required A4e to make available all documentation which our auditors may require and provide full access to interview any A4e employees. This is separate from the independent review of internal controls which A4E has previously announced.
The Chief Executive of A4e was informed of this at a meeting with a senior DWP official earlier today.
We have made it absolutely clear to A4e that we take this matter very seriously, and that if at any point during the audit or thereafter we find evidence of systemic fraud in DWP’s contracts with A4e we will not hesitate to immediately terminate our commercial relationship. Click Link
8th March 2012
The A4E files: Whistleblowers reveal damning new claims about Back to Work Tsar's job training firm Full Story
6th March 2012
We recieved a reply from their CEO Andrew Dutton In relation to our
Concerns around fraud and abuse Nr Dutton said:-
"Finally you refer to ‘current fraud investigations’. Just to clarify, there is one current investigation into ‘allegations’ of fraud against 4 former members of A4e staff. These individuals have not been tried or convicted. Any instance of wrong-doing is one too many. We have a zero tolerance approach to such activity, and in fact these cases were brought to light by our whistle-blowing policy and internal processes. In our 20 year history we have had one case of fraud where one former member of staff has been tried and convicted. To put this in perspective, we have a workforce of over 3,500 people operating out of 200 offices in the UK. As an industry we are also closely regulated, so I would have to disagree with your suggestion that schemes we operate are open to abuse".
Read his full Reply
We did of course reply to this email but as yet we have not received a response. Maybe Mr Dutton is rather busy at the moment. Read our second email
1st March 2012
On Thursday 1st of March we sent a mass email to A4e regarding concerns about A4e and there involvement in 'workfare' following several media revelations about them. Read Original Email
24th February 2012
Emma Harrison: families champion quits A4e firm as fraud case widens Click Link
23rd February 2012
A4e head Emma Harrison steps down from family champion role Full Story
22nd February 2012
Four arrests made in A4e fraud investigation Full Story
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