Thousands of benefit advisors who were hired to create Britain’s “biggest ever Jobs Army” have been asked to reapply for their own jobs.
During the pandemic, as Universal Credit claims soared, the number of Work Coaches doubled from 13,500 to 27,000.
Last week the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) chiefs wrote to thousands of Work Coaches offering them an “opportunity to apply for a permanent role”, the Mirror reports.
