In a review of 10 years of New Deal the Department for Work and Pensions says 1.8m people have found a job through the programme. It argues that this has contributed to 600,000 children being lifted out of poverty. It also says the New Deal for Young People, the first element of the scheme to launch, has reduced unemployment among 18- to 24-year-olds by nearly three quarters. The government recently published its ideas on developing New Deal in its Ready for...