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Government announces plans to ‘get Britain working again’

Places with the highest levels of joblessness will get extra NHS support as the Government bids to “get Britain working again”. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will announce the plans on Tuesday as part of wide-ranging reforms designed to ...

26 Nov 2024 at 09:49

JobCentre workers to stage fresh strike in pay row

Hundreds of civil servants working in JobCentres are to stage a fresh strike in a long-running dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said more than 600 of its members at 13 JobCentres in ...

18 Apr 2023 at 15:02

Security guards in Jobcentres vote to strike in dispute over pay

More security guards working in Jobcentres across the UK have voted to strike in a dispute over pay. Members of the GMB union have already taken industrial action and will walk out again on Monday. The Public and Commercial Services union ...

18 May 2024 at 13:50

Liz Kendall says economic inactivity holding UK back as she visits Job Centre

The creation of more good jobs and a promise to tackle the root causes of worklessness are top priorities for the Labour Government, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said. Liz Kendall, who has declared that “economic inactivity is ...

11 Jul 2024 at 00:01

Kendall lays out plan to reform DWP, shift from ‘strivers v scroungers’ rhetoric

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall criticised the former government’s “strivers versus scroungers” rhetoric as she laid out plans to transform the DWP. In her first major speech in taking over at the helm of the Department of ...

23 Jul 2024 at 15:55

Boris Johnson waxwork appears outside jobcentre as PM quits as Tory leader

A wax figure of Boris Johnson has appeared outside a jobcentre as the Prime Minister resigned as Tory leader. Members of the public posed with the waxwork, created by Madame Tussauds Blackpool, that had been positioned outside a ...

07 Jul 2022 at 15:04

Kendall pledges to ‘overhaul’ Government relationship with employers

A Cabinet minister has pledged to “overhaul” the Government’s relationship with employers with reforms to Jobcentres to “better meet” the needs of businesses. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall described her department as ...

31 Jan 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Employment targets hindered by differing Scottish and UK policy, report warns

A split-government system to tackle unemployment and child poverty is failing thousands of families, a leading think tank has warned. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said tens of thousands of households will ...

14 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Unemployment in Scotland falls slightly – with record number of people in work

The unemployment rate in Scotland has fallen to 3.8% and a record number of people are in work, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. Monthly figures from the ONS show the unemployment rate ...

12 Dec 2023 at 12:21

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