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:00:11. > :00:13.Good evening. There's a new drive to get Guernsey
:00:14. > :00:17.people on low incomes who receive people on low incomes who rdceive
:00:18. > :00:18.top`up benefits into work. Carers, single`parent`families and anyone
:00:19. > :00:19.single`parent`families and `nyone with a short`term illness will
:00:20. > :00:20.single`parent`families and anyone with a short`term illness whll be
:00:21. > :00:23.with a short`term illness will be among those affected. Under the
:00:24. > :00:25.Progress to Work scheme, unveiled by Social Security today, job seekers
:00:26. > :00:27.will have to attend regular work`focused meetings, do
:00:28. > :00:35.compulsory, unpaid work placements, and there'll be changes to doctors'
:00:36. > :00:37.sick notes. A normal lunch time on Guernsey's
:00:38. > :00:38.A normal lunch time on Guernsey s High Street ` but for those
:00:39. > :00:41.receiving supplementary benefits ` receiving supplementary benefits `
:00:42. > :00:46.it's the first day of a new project to get them back into work. The
:00:47. > :00:49.social security department have today launched the 'progress to
:00:50. > :00:49.work' scheme. A scheme which involves attending mandatorx
:00:50. > :00:53.involves attending mandatory meetings to get the unemploxed ready
:00:54. > :01:01.for the work place, and if they don't ` they could incur a penalty.
:01:02. > :01:02.Our experience of working with Our experience of working whth
:01:03. > :01:04.job`seekers is that they are Our experience of working with
:01:05. > :01:09.job`seekers is that they ard happy to engage in the process because of
:01:10. > :01:12.course they want to get back to work. We expect to have the same
:01:13. > :01:14.approach with other customers as well. It is about offering support
:01:15. > :01:16.and for those who are not rdady to and for those who are not rdady to
:01:17. > :01:17.work it is about getting the and for those who are not ready to
:01:18. > :01:19.work it is about getting thd right work it is about getting the right
:01:20. > :01:22.support in place and giving opportunities to train so they can
:01:23. > :01:25.return to Those on incapacity benefits are also being targeted.
:01:26. > :01:26.The way they are assessed is being reviewed. Work when they ard
:01:27. > :01:32.The way they are assessed is being reviewed. Work when they are ready.
:01:33. > :01:36.reviewed. Work when they ard ready. We will look at how we support
:01:37. > :01:41.people with health problems in work and how we help them return to work.
:01:42. > :01:47.The way we would do that is to look at the obstacles that may be
:01:48. > :01:50.preventing people returning to work. Every Government would like to bring
:01:51. > :01:53.their welfare bill down but most would agree there has to be a
:01:54. > :01:59.financial safety net for people who really are unable to work. So how
:02:00. > :02:05.will these tough new measurds go down with the public?
:02:06. > :02:10.If they would cut down and get a lot of people back to work we would all
:02:11. > :02:13.be better off. There are people recently cannot work due to
:02:14. > :02:15.long`term illness but I do think there are some people who pdrhaps
:02:16. > :02:18.there are some people who perhaps play the system. You cannot
:02:19. > :02:21.generalise because people are different reasons So mixed reactions
:02:22. > :02:22.to this new system which Guernsey's Government hope will reduce
:02:23. > :02:24.long`term unemployment. So will these government`imposed
:02:25. > :02:31.measures work? For not working. measures work? For not workhng.
:02:32. > :02:34.Well, Professor Dan Finn is an expert in the pros and cons of
:02:35. > :02:37.different ways of getting people back into work. He told me how
:02:38. > :02:43.Guernsey's approach compares to elsewhere.
:02:44. > :02:48.To be frank, the measures that have been introduced in Guernsey in
:02:49. > :02:52.comparative terms were the types of reforms that you saw in manx other
:02:53. > :02:57.OECD countries throughout the 1990s. OECD countries throughout the 1990s.
:02:58. > :03:02.Essentially, what systems are trying to do is to modernise and engage
:03:03. > :03:05.people in the labour market rather than simply give them benefhts
:03:06. > :03:05.people in the labour market rather than simply give them benefits and
:03:06. > :03:10.than simply give them benefhts and say stay away.
:03:11. > :03:12.Meanwhile in Jersey ` the States is promising to pay employers to take
:03:13. > :03:14.on young people who have bedn out promising to pay employers to take
:03:15. > :03:16.on young people who have been out of on young people who have been out of
:03:17. > :03:18.a job for at least six months. It's costing ?650,000 of public loney `
:03:19. > :03:22.costing ?650,000 of public money ` and it's hoped over 100 jobs will be
:03:23. > :03:26.created in offices like this one. We need to concentrate on thosd who
:03:27. > :03:31.have not been able to find a job for over six months, who are registered
:03:32. > :03:32.as actively seeking work. Employers are saying they are willing to take
:03:33. > :03:34.somebody on as a trainee, btt are saying they are willing to take
:03:35. > :03:34.somebody on as a trainee, but there somebody on as a trainee, btt there
:03:35. > :03:38.is a cost to that. Paying wages somebody on as a trainee, but there
:03:39. > :03:44.is a cost to that. Paying w`ges for the first six months, the employer
:03:45. > :03:46.has time to train people at a low cost to business.
:03:47. > :03:52.With these funds, employers can invest more in young people, in
:03:53. > :03:55.their trading, which is good for the employee and employer and for our
:03:56. > :04:01.local industries. Guernsey FC's players will bear a
:04:02. > :04:04.new sponsor's logo from next season. The club has signed a three`year
:04:05. > :04:07.deal with Specsavers, replacing Sportingbet as the Green Lions' main
:04:08. > :04:08.sponsor. Sportingbet, which has sponsored GFC from the outset,
:04:09. > :04:09.sponsored GFC from the outsdt, closed its Guernsey office last
:04:10. > :04:11.year. It's been announced that thd Queen's
:04:12. > :04:14.It's been announced that the Queen's Commonwealth Baton will be brought
:04:15. > :04:18.back to British soil by Olympic diving Champion Tom Daley. Tom will
:04:19. > :04:21.bring the Queen's Baton to Jersey on Sunday, as part of its epic 288`day
:04:22. > :04:24.journey through the Commonwdalth. He'll be joined by other athletes
:04:25. > :04:33.from the islands in St Aubin, from where Jen Smith sent this rdport.
:04:34. > :04:36.This is where hundreds of not thousands of islanders are expected
:04:37. > :04:41.on Sunday evening when Tom Daley arrived by boat. He is bringing the
:04:42. > :04:42.Queen's Baton, which is carrying a message from the Queen and will be
:04:43. > :04:45.read out at the start of thd read out at the start of thd
:04:46. > :04:49.Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July. Jersey is the first stop in
:04:50. > :04:53.the British Isles. It will spend two days here before moving on to
:04:54. > :04:59.Guernsey. Tom Daley told us he is excited. He says it is the time for
:05:00. > :05:03.everyone to get behind their home teams as the bat on reminds us that
:05:04. > :05:10.the games are just around the corner. Jersey athletes, Zane
:05:11. > :05:18.Dickman, will be here too. He is the current champion. He is exchted to
:05:19. > :05:27.be involved. It will be a great event. It is the first place in the
:05:28. > :05:29.British Isles for the Queen's Baton. And I think Tom Daley is a great
:05:30. > :05:34.example for young kids and `ll kinds example for young kids and all kinds
:05:35. > :05:39.of sports. It will be fantastic. Tom Daley has become a big TV
:05:40. > :05:44.personality in recent years. As well as attracting a crowd, it is hoped
:05:45. > :05:58.he will inspire the island's next generation of sporting stars.
:05:59. > :05:59.I think it doesn't have to. `` I think it is then passed it `nd it
:06:00. > :06:03.think it is then passed it and it will be great for Tom Daley to come
:06:04. > :06:08.here. There will be road closures in
:06:09. > :06:10.Singleton on Sunday. You can keep up`to`date with those by listening
:06:11. > :06:20.to ABC radio Jersey. `` St @ubin. We to ABC radio Jersey. `` St Aubin. We
:06:21. > :06:25.will bring you all the action on BBC One on Sunday evening. That's all
:06:26. > :06:35.for now. Newsnight is on BBC Two. Good night.
:06:36. > :06:47.Good evening. It will be windy. Temperatures lower than what we are
:06:48. > :06:50.used to. Some showers possible overnight to make. It will become
:06:51. > :06:56.dry for much of the night. 10 dry for much of the night. 00
:06:57. > :07:00.degrees is the minimum temperature. degrees is the minimum tempdrature.
:07:01. > :07:02.Tomorrow will be windy and initially bright but then the rain will
:07:03. > :07:12.arrive. We might see 15 degrees. It arrive. We might see 15 degrees. It
:07:13. > :07:15.will probably feel colder in the wind and rain. The outlook hs
:07:16. > :07:16.will probably feel colder in the wind and rain. The outlook is bright
:07:17. > :07:21.for Friday, Liberation Dailx, wind and rain. The outlook hs bright
:07:22. > :07:26.for Friday, Liberation Daily, with for Friday, Liberation Dailx, with
:07:27. > :07:31.the top temperature of 15. From us it is good night.
:07:32. > :07:33.looks right as we look into Friday. But more rain for t(e
:07:34. > :07:41.looks right as we look into Friday. But more rain for the weekend. Now
:07:42. > :07:46.we have the UK outlook. Spring last year might have been the
:07:47. > :07:48.coldest in years, but we have already had the highest temperature
:07:49. > :07:49.so far. But we're nowhere near