No punishment, no incentive ! Mark Prisk Shadow Minister speaks out! On the complete lack of action by the (re-named) government department: 'Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform' (DTI - now called BERR), to tackle bogus up-front fees... made by scam agencies - who keep changing their names too... The government fined/prosecuted only 0.03 of 342 complaints made to Employment Agency Standards; that leaves 99.7 who got away without any penalties; shame! Yet Minister Patrick McFadden stated on the BBC 4 Today programme on 29 January 2008: “Enforcement is not just about prosecution, but getting people to abide by the law," he said. "But where there is persistent offences, we will prosecute." What utter ****...! Scam agencies do NOT abide by the law; why should they; there are NO penalties in place to stop them... Click/Copy & Paste: http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/letters/feature.php/20019/no-punishment-no-incentive And: http://www.anactor.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/bbcradio4today29jan08.mp3