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Reforms needed to combat cable theft

‘Cable Theft on the Railway’ (HC 1609) identifies urgent reforms needed to combat cable theft which last year cost Network Rail more than £16 million and lead to over 35,000 disrupted journeys.

The metal recycling industry is worth £5.6 billion a year and employs almost 8,000 people, but police dismiss the 'Scrap Metal Dealers Act - 1964' which the report refers to as "Steptoe and Son" legislation.

New Work Programme too optimistic

'The Introduction of the Work Programme’ (HC 1701) concludes that the assumptions of the Programme, which replaces virtually all of the existing 'welfare to work' schemes, may be over-optimistic.

The National Audit Office (NAO) analysis suggests that 26% of the largest group of job seekers in the Programme will get jobs compared to the Department's estimate of 40%.