...Thomas Lange; Yannis Georgellis; John Adams; Ray Thomas Purpose The paper aims to show that active labour market policies in Scotland over a nine‐year period have failed to meet key policy objectives. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses the UK national online manpower information system...

... success. The only current policy target group fully justified by this study is the long‐term unemployed, who had a significantly lower chance of finding unemployment. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Unemployment Jobs Target audience Scotland The shift in the UK government...