Three Jobcentres are to close in the North East within weeks, affecting people on benefits who need to meet with their work coach or attend Universal Credit interviews.
The Jobcentres in Bridge House, Blyth, the Metrocentre and Tavistock Place, Sunderland, will shut for good before the end of next month, as the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) decommissions Jobcentres which were set up temporarily during the pandemic to help ensure social distancing guidelines were followed.
The three in our region are among 20 which the DWP has said is the first tranche of closures announced, with the rest of the temporary Jobcentres to close throughout 2023 and 2024.
