A staggering 12,000 Universal Credit advisors who were hired to create Britain’s “biggest ever Jobs Army” have been told to reapply for their own jobs.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) chiefs wrote to thousands of Work Coaches last week offering them an “opportunity to apply for a permanent role”.
The number of Work Coaches doubled from 13,500 to 27,000 during the Covid pandemic as Universal Credit claims surged.
