Ms Parrott also welcome the announcement of the Youth Contract Scheme which will provide help for young unemployed people.

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And the Lib Dems said the Labour initiative was a "pale comparison" of the government's youth contract scheme and did not stand up to scrutiny.

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Stafford eventually went to jail in 1984 for his part in a construction contract kickback scheme.

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Privatisation replaces democratic oversight and accountability with a contract culture that is a job creation scheme for lawyers.

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The union is preparing to take the DWP to the high court, arguing that the imposition of the pay scheme amounted to a breach of contract.

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The contract, part of the national Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme, will be awarded in early December.

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They will have to sign a contract with their parents, committing them to the four-year scheme, which aims to encourage them to go to university.

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However, the hospital trust responsible was unable to scrap the charges, he claimed, because "its hands are almost completely tied" by the contract it had signed to receive funding under a private finance initiative (PFI) scheme.

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