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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Government's first back to work scheme rolls out in London as benefits cuts loom

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall meets people helped back into work through jobs schemes - (ES)

West London has become the first area in the country to get funding to support people signed off work sick back into jobs as sweeping cuts to benefits loom.

An almost £43million cash injection will help disabled people in Ealing, Barnet, Harrow, Hillingdon, Brent, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hounslow into employment over the next five years, the Department of Work and Pensions said.

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