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Newmont Corp. stock rises Friday, still underperforms marketThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unveiled a significant revamp of Jobcentres across the UK, with the aim of boosting employment rates. The welfare department has confirmed its plans to transform the centres from a "one-size-fits-all benefits administration service" into a national jobs, employment and careers service. The revamped service aims to offer advice to assist individuals in securing employment and advancing their careers. Additional plans are set to be revealed this week as part of the Get Britain Working White Paper. This announcement follows comments from DWP Secretary of State Liz Kendall, who declared that the UK's 650 job centres were no longer "fit for purpose". Speaking to the Observer, she stated: "Employers are desperate to recruit. People are desperate to earn money and get on in their jobs. So we need big change. We need to see change in our Jobcentres from a one-size-fits-all benefit administration service to a genuine public employment service. It's not fit for purpose and it has to change." The proposed changes involve a complete overhaul of Jobcentres, merging them with the National Careers Service to establish a public employment service. The DWP asserts that the new service will become more digitalised and provide "more personalised support" to aid people in finding work, reports the Mirror . The DWP emphasises that the new strategy will concentrate on supporting career progression and skills development. For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here It is set to revamp its jobs and careers service, aiming for a more cohesive approach that intertwines work, health, and skills support. The DWP envisions the Jobcentre to be an "active partner" in local communities, collaborating with various organisations and services. This initiative is expected to motivate those who are not currently working or training to seek employment and educational opportunities. In a significant shift, the reforms will require young people to either continue their education or enter the workforce. It comes as the number of 16 to 24 year olds not engaged in work or education has reached the highest point in ten years. Next year, the department will start piloting new ideas and layouts for its digital offerings to provide more personalised assistance. This development comes alongside the DWP's intention to equip Jobcentre work coaches with AI technology to expedite access to pertinent information for their clients. Labour's stance on the revamped Jobcentres is clear: there is an expectation that individuals who "can work should work". The DWP warns that failure to participate in this system will lead to "clear consequences," which could including benefit sanctions. The DWP pointed out that the UK is currently experiencing the "highest levels of economic inactivity" since before the coronavirus pandemic struck. Statistics reveal that nearly 2.8 million people are jobless due to long-term illness, around one and a half million are unemployed, and close to a million young people are neither employed nor receiving education. Labour's revamp is set to alter the overall perception of the Jobcentre. A new government-backed study reveals that Jobcentres are often overlooked by a large majority of employers and shunned by those seeking employment or a better position. It indicates that only a third of the public would utilise them for job information. Liz Kendall stated: "When only one in six employers use a Jobcentre to recruit, that is a major issue. We've got to change the way we work to make sure employers want to use us and that people looking for a job have got the skills employers need." She further commented: "Through the bold changes in our Get Britain Working White Paper, we will boost employment, tackle inactivity and deliver growth for every part of our country." Darren Burns, Head of the Timpson Foundation also added: "At Timpson, we support the plan to get more people back into work by helping them to find exciting and rewarding careers. Many of our existing colleagues have come to us through the Jobcentre and this is still the case today. We regularly work in close partnership with local Jobcentres to find amazing colleagues for our business and the support we receive is invaluable."
Everyone Said the Same Thing About Davis Warren's INT Against Ohio StateATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global advocate of human rights and democracy, has died. He was 100 years old . The Carter Center said the 39th president died Sunday afternoon, more than a year after entering hospice care , at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died in November 2023, lived most of their lives. The center said he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. A moderate Democrat, Carter ran for president in 1976 as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad grin, effusive Baptist faith and technocratic plans for efficient government. His promise to never deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter said. Carter’s victory over Republican Gerald Ford, whose fortunes fell after pardoning Nixon, came amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over race, women’s rights and America’s role in the world. His achievements included brokering Mideast peace by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David for 13 days in 1978. But his coalition splintered under double-digit inflation and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His negotiations ultimately brought all the hostages home alive, but in a final insult, Iran didn’t release them until the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, who had trounced him in the 1980 election. Humbled and back home in Georgia, Carter said his faith demanded that he keep doing whatever he could, for as long as he could, to try to make a difference. He and Rosalynn co-founded The Carter Center in 1982 and spent the next 40 years traveling the world as peacemakers, human rights advocates and champions of democracy and public health. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, Carter helped ease nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiate cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, the center had monitored at least 113 elections around the world. Carter was determined to eradicate guinea worm infections as one of many health initiatives. Swinging hammers into their 90s, the Carters built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The common observation that he was better as an ex-president rankled Carter. His allies were pleased that he lived long enough to see biographers and historians revisit his presidency and declare it more impactful than many understood at the time. Propelled in 1976 by voters in Iowa and then across the South, Carter ran a no-frills campaign. Americans were captivated by the earnest engineer, and while an election-year Playboy interview drew snickers when he said he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times,” voters tired of political cynicism found it endearing. The first family set an informal tone in the White House, carrying their own luggage, trying to silence the Marine Band’s traditional “Hail to the Chief" and enrolling daughter, Amy, in public schools. Carter was lampooned for wearing a cardigan and urging Americans to turn down their thermostats. But Carter set the stage for an economic revival and sharply reduced America's dependence on foreign oil by deregulating the energy industry along with airlines, trains and trucking. He established the departments of Energy and Education, appointed record numbers of women and nonwhites to federal posts, preserved millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness and pardoned most Vietnam draft evaders. Emphasizing human rights , he ended most support for military dictators and took on bribery by multinational corporations by signing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He persuaded the Senate to ratify the Panama Canal treaties and normalized relations with China, an outgrowth of Nixon’s outreach to Beijing. But crippling turns in foreign affairs took their toll. When OPEC hiked crude prices, making drivers line up for gasoline as inflation spiked to 11%, Carter tried to encourage Americans to overcome “a crisis of confidence.” Many voters lost confidence in Carter instead after the infamous address that media dubbed his “malaise" speech, even though he never used that word. After Carter reluctantly agreed to admit the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979. Negotiations to quickly free the hostages broke down, and then eight Americans died when a top-secret military rescue attempt failed. Carter also had to reverse course on the SALT II nuclear arms treaty after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Though historians would later credit Carter's diplomatic efforts for hastening the end of the Cold war, Republicans labeled his soft power weak. Reagan’s “make America great again” appeals resonated, and he beat Carter in all but six states. Born Oct. 1, 1924, James Earl Carter Jr. married fellow Plains native Rosalynn Smith in 1946, the year he graduated from the Naval Academy. He brought his young family back to Plains after his father died, abandoning his Navy career, and they soon turned their ambitions to politics . Carter reached the state Senate in 1962. After rural white and Black voters elected him governor in 1970, he drew national attention by declaring that “the time for racial discrimination is over.” Carter published more than 30 books and remained influential as his center turned its democracy advocacy onto U.S. politics, monitoring an audit of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results. After a 2015 cancer diagnosis, Carter said he felt “perfectly at ease with whatever comes.” “I’ve had a wonderful life,” he said. “I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.” Contributors include former AP staffer Alex Sanz in Atlanta.Mayor Mike Johnston's pointed comments last week about Denverites resisting a federal mass-deportation effort have generated blowback in Colorado and across the country. He has walked back from some but stuck by his vow of resistance. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here.