Get Britain Working White Paper
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall delivered a speech to Parliament to present the Get Britain Working White Paper.
INTRODUCTION
With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I바카라 사이트檇 like to make a statement on our Get Britain Working White Paper.聽
Bringing forward the biggest reforms to employment support in a generation.
Turning a department for welfare into a department for work.聽
Taking the first steps towards delivering our bold ambition of an 80% employment rate, in a decade of national renewal.
Madam Deputy Speaker, nothing short of fundamental reform is needed.聽
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The UK is the only G7 country whose employment rate hasn바카라 사이트檛 returned to pre-pandemic levels.聽
바카라 사이트� a near record 2.8 million people out of work due to long-term sickness.聽
바카라 사이트� almost 1 million young people not in education, employment or training.
바카라 사이트� and millions more stuck in low paid, insecure work.聽
With all these problems far worse in parts of the country, in the Midlands and the North, that were deindustrialised in the 80s and 90s.聽聽
The very same places that have lower life expectancy and chronic poor health.聽聽
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The result is an economic and above all social crisis,聽paid for in the life chances and living standards of people right across this country바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트nd by a benefits bill for sickness and disability that is set to rise by 拢26 billion by the end of this Parliament.聽聽
And the reason we have ended up here is the failure바카라 사이트�
To create good jobs in every part of the country.聽
To deliver on the NHS.聽
And to properly reform welfare.聽
But under our 바카라 사이트, this will change.聽
With new opportunities, matched by the responsibility to take them up.聽
Because under this 바카라 사이트, if you can work, you must work.聽
Madam Deputy Speaker, our White Paper brings in 3 major reforms.聽
First, we will create a new jobs and careers service바카라 사이트�
Overhauling Jobcentres from a one-size-fits-all service that overwhelmingly focuses on administering benefits, into a genuine public employment service, providing personalised support for all.
Today I can announce, we will bring Jobcentres together with the National Careers Service in England, beginning with a pathfinder early next year. Backed with 拢55 million of initial funding.
We바카라 사이트檒l work closely with mayors and local leaders to ensure our new Jobs and Careers Service is rooted in local communities and properly joined up with local help and support.聽
And we바카라 사이트檒l work closely with employers to develop the service too. Because when only one in six businesses has ever used a Jobcentre to recruit, this has got to change.聽
For too many people, walking into a Job Centre feels like you바카라 사이트檙e back in the 80s or 90s.聽
So we will trial a radically improved digital offer바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트� using the latest technologies and AI to provide up to date information on jobs, skills and other support, and to free up work coach time
바카라 사이트�. and testing video and phone support too 바카라 사이트� because in the 2020s, you shouldn바카라 사이트檛 only have to go into the Jobcentre every week or fortnight if you could have a 바카라 사이트楯obcentre in your pocket바카라 사이트�.聽
And because our frontline staff are our greatest asset, we바카라 사이트檒l develop the work coach and careers advisor professions, including launching a new coaching academy.聽
Madam Deputy Speaker, the second major reform is our new Youth Guarantee so every young person is earning or learning.聽
This comes alongside our commitment to provide mental health support in every school바카라 사이트�
Our work experience and careers advice offer바카라 사이트�
And our plans to reform the last 바카라 사이트바카라 사이트檚 failed apprenticeship levy to give more young people the opportunities they deserve.聽
But our new Youth Guarantee聽will go further, bringing together all the support for 18- to 21-year-olds under the聽leadership of Mayors and local areas
바카라 사이트� so ALL young people have access to education, training, and employment opportunities and so that no young person misses out.
Today I can announce聽we will establish聽eight 바카라 사이트榯railblazers바카라 사이트� for our Youth Guarantee바카라 사이트�.
바카라 사이트β爄n the聽Liverpool City Region, the West Midlands, Tees Valley, East Midlands, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, West of England, and 2 areas within Greater London.聽聽
Backed by 拢45 million of additional funding.聽
I can also announce聽a new national聽partnership to provide exciting opportunities for young people in sports, arts and culture바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트tarting with some of Britain바카라 사이트檚 most iconic cultural and sporting organisations, including the Premier League, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Channel 4.聽聽
Building on the brilliant work they already do, to inspire and engage the younger generation, and get them on the pathway to success.
This is our commitment to young people.
We value you. You are important. We will invest in you and give you the chances and choices you deserve.聽
But in return for these new opportunities, you have a responsibility to take them up.聽
Because being unemployed or lacking basic qualifications when you바카라 사이트檙e young can harm your job prospects and wages for the rest of your life.聽
And that is not good enough for young people or for our country.
The third reform in our white paper is our new plan to tackle economic inactivity caused by poor health.聽聽聽
The Health Secretary is already taking action to get people back to health and back to work, with extra support to drive down waiting lists in the 20 NHS Trusts with the highest levels of economic inactivity.聽
We바카라 사이트檙e joining up employment and health support
바카라 사이트�.expanding Individual Placement Support to reach an additional 140,000 people with mental health problems
바카라 사이트� and delivering new WorkWell services, which includes GPs referring patients to employment advisors and other work related support, like the brilliant service in the聽Junction Medical Practice聽in North London that we visited recently.聽
But we will go much further and faster to tackle this issue.
To meet the scale of the challenge, we will devolve new funding, new powers and new responsibilities to tackle economic inactivity to Mayors and local areas.聽
Because local leaders know their communities best.
We바카라 사이트檒l support聽all聽areas in England to produce local Get Britain Working Plans 바카라 사이트� joining up work, health and skills support.
Today聽I바카라 사이트檓 announcing聽8 trailblazer areas, backed by 拢125m of additional funding, in South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, the North East, Greater Manchester, Wales, York and North Yorkshire, and 2 Greater London areas.聽
In three of these areas 바카라 사이트� South and West Yorkshire, and the North East 바카라 사이트� this will include dedicated input and 拢45 million of funding for local NHS integrated care systems.聽
And we바카라 사이트檙e funding a new supported employment programme called Connect to Work 바카라 사이트� backed by 拢115 million of initial funding for next year.聽
This will be included in the Integrated Settlements of combined authorities, starting with Greater Manchester and the West Midlands.聽
Because employers have such an important role in helping get people into work and to stay in work,聽I can today announce聽a new independent 바카라 사이트淜eep Britain Working바카라 사이트� review: looking at the role of UK employers and 바카라 사이트 in tackling health related inactivity and creating healthy workplaces.
This will be led by the former Chair of John Lewis, Sir Charlie Mayfield and it will report in the Autumn.聽
And,聽finally Mr Speaker,聽I can tell the House聽we will bring聽forward a Green Paper with our聽own聽proposals on reforming the health and disability benefits system:
바카라 사이트� so disabled people and those with health conditions have the same rights as everybody else, including the right to work聽
바카라 사이트� so we treat disabled people with dignity and respect
바카라 사이트�.and so we shift the focus to prevention and respond to the complex and fluctuating nature of today바카라 사이트檚 health conditions.聽
We바카라 사이트檒l work closely with disabled people and their organisations as we develop our proposals, which we will publish in the Spring.聽
Madam Deputy Speaker, this White Paper turns the corner on the last 14 years.
Putting forward the real reforms we need
바카라 사이트� to get more people into work and on at work.聽
바카라 사이트� to give young people the very best start in life.聽
바카라 사이트� and to ensure our employment and social security system understand this fundamental issue: that a healthy nation and a healthy economy are two sides of the same coin.
This is how we get Britain working again.
It바카라 사이트檚 how we get Britain growing again.聽
I commend this statement to the House.