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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Jobcentres will no longer force people into ‘any job’ available, minister says

a woman standing in front of a jobcentre
‘We have to pay our debt to the Covid generation,’ Alison McGovern says. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian

Jobcentres will no longer force people into “any job” available, the employment minister has said, promising there will be long-term, personalised career support for those losing out due to welfare cuts.

Alison McGovern said she was ending the Conservative policy under which jobseekers were obliged to take any low-paid, insecure work and that the service would now be focused on helping people to build rewarding careers.

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