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places with the highest levels of
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joblessness will get extra NHS support
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in a government bid to get Britain
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working again work and pensions
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secretary Liz Kendall announced the
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plans as part of wide- ranging reforms
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designed to tackle economic inactivity
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and deliver the government's promise to
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bring more than 2 million people back to
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work we expect everyone who can work
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that they should work absolutely as I
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said because it's it's about more than
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money it's about the dignity and
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self-respect that good work can bring
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but I tell you what there's a
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responsibility on the government too to
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put in place a proper plan while UK
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unemployment stands at almost 1.5
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million economic inactivity has also
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soared to more than 9 million with 2.8
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million people out of work due to
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long-term sickness a major driver of the
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rise in joblessness since the pandemic
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one in eight young people are also not
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in education employment or training the
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government says and the UK is also the
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only major economy that has seen its
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employment rate fall over the last 5
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years and labor promised in their
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election campaign to increase the
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employment rate to 80% from its current
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level of around 75% which would mean
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around 2 million more people in work
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tackling economic inactivity which has
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risen by 600,000 people since the
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pandemic is seen as vital to economic
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growth and will help cut a spiraling
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welfare bill so how does the government
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plan on doing that as well as providing
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extra capacity to cut waiting lists at
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the 20 NHS trusts with the highest
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levels of economic inactivity Kendall's
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plans will see an expansion of mental
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health support and efforts to tackle
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obesity job centers are set to be
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replaced by a new National jobs and
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career service this will focus on
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helping people into work rather than
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monitoring benefit claims with around
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£55 million in Government funding other
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policies include providing additional
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employment and training opportunities
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for young people and extra powers for
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Mays to develop their own employment
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plans for local areas but Kendall also
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made clear that the government expected
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those who were able to work to take up
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those opportunities referencing the new
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labor years of the 1990s under Tony
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Blair she said on a visit to peterb this
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week that there is no option of a life
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on benefits and that that principle
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Remains the Same today the plans were
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welcomed by the chartered Institute for
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personal development and the disability
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charity scope said the announcement is a
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positive vision for supporting disabled
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people into work but it warned a lack of
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trust in the department for work and
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pensions seriously undermine the plan
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and the shadow work and pensions
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secretary Helen waitley said the
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announcement shows that labor are not
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prepared to take the tough but necessary
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choices to bring down the benefits Bill
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she said to get people off benefits you
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also need jobs for them to go to it
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comes as retailers worn of sweeping job
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Cuts due to Labor's budget Landing
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business with a 25 billion national
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insurance tax bill which could make
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firms and bosses less Keen to take a
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risk on hiring new staff here at C we'd
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like to know your thoughts on the plan
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to get people back to work let us know
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