Emma Harrison quits as chairman of welfare-to-work firm A4e (privatization)

Emma Harrison, the controversial boss of the welfare-to-work firm A4e, has resigned as chair of the company she created, blaming the media furore over her multimillion pound reward package and allegations of fraud.

Her announcement came just 24 hours after she quit her unpaid advisory role as David Cameron's "family champion".

In the wake of her departure from A4e the company announced it had called in a firm of lawyers to undertake an "independent audit" of its controls and procedures.

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She is the majority shareholder in A4e, which has won more than £200m worth of contracts to run welfare-to-work schemes since May 2010. The company has five shareholders who were paid £11m in dividends last year, of which Harrison received £8.6m.

full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/feb/24/emma-harrison-quits-chairman-a4e

Another reason why government duties, especially those that deal with the poorer among us, should NEVER go to the for-profit private sector.