Jobcentres will “broker” work for the over-50s under Labour plans to tackle 2.5million people who are long-term sick.
Welfare chief Jonathan Ashworth announced he would give “genuine, quality, tailored support” joined up with the NHS to help people who want to return to a job.
And he branded the explosion in out-of-work people with health problems - up 500,000 since 2019 - a “growing burden” on the economy and individual people.
