Catherine Verwaerde had been unemployed for 13 months when she was referred to A4e. A supporter of the Government's drive to get people back into work, she hoped they would help her to find a job.

The scandal surrounding the welfare-to-work firm A4e (Action for Employment) has again exposed how large swathes of public funds have been handed over to private corporations, under both Labour and ...

A4e, the company that faced fraud allegations in relation to its government welfare-to-work contracts, has been banned from calling itself a social purpose company. The restriction is to ensure ...

For A4e, it seems things go from bad to worse. Yesterday I reported it had failed to make the cut for the £1bn Department for Work and Pensions health assessment contract framework. It has now emerged ...

The Government's controversial welfare-to-work provider A4e knew of potential fraud and failures by management to control it for three years, a leaked document suggests. A confidential 2009 internal ...

There is "still a cloud" hanging over the firm A4e that had a government contract to help people into work, said the chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee. Her committee has criticised the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Emma Harrison has stepped down as chairman of A4e, capping a week of growing pressure on the embattled welfare ...