JOB advisers will be based at GP surgeries in nine more areas to help 40,000 sick and disabled Brits back into work.
The £167million Connect to Work scheme will expand to Cumbria, Oxfordshire and West Sussex among others.
Career advisers will be based at GP surgeries to help sick and disabled Brits back into work[/caption]
‘Writing off people with long-term health conditions or disabilities fails them and fails our economy’, says Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden[/caption]
Advisers will work with GPs and mental health teams.
Some areas will trial virtual reality interview training and childcare support for parents returning to work.
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said yesterday: “Writing off people with long-term health conditions or disabilities fails them and fails our economy.”
The scheme is part of a £1billion drive to help 300,000 people with long-term health conditions find lasting jobs.
Last month, The Sun revealed jobless youngsters faced having benefits stopped if they didn’t take up a new government offer of paid work.
Rachel Reeves wanted to cut the welfare bill with a Youth Guarantee scheme to stop them going into a life on the dole.
Every young adult who had been on Universal Credit for 18 months without earning or learning would be given a paid work placement.
The Chancellor also outlined how youths will get a guarantee of either a place in a college or an apprenticeship to learn a trade.
The plans were expected to apply to 18 to 21-year-olds.
But concerns were likely to be raised as the unemployment rate hit a four-year high over the summer and the national insurance rise was blamed for a slowdown in the jobs market.
Ms Reeves said in her conference speech: “I will never be satisfied while too many people’s potential is wasted, frozen out of employment, education, or training.
“There’s no defending it. It’s bad for business, bad for taxpayers, bad for our economy, and it scars people’s prospects throughout their lives.”
Chancellor Rachel Reeves wants to cut Britain’s bloated welfare bill[/caption]
