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HANSARDCost of Living: Support for FamiliesAs I said, we lifted the two-child limit in the child poverty strategy. We know that will lift about 450,000 children out of poverty. Combined with all the other measures that we…26 Jan 2026HANSARDJobcentres: English CoursesJobcentre Plus offers tailored, flexible advice and support to help individuals get into work and overcome any barriers to employment. Work coaches offer all claimants a…26 Jan 2026HANSARDJobcentres: English CoursesI thank my hon. Friend for her interest and her visit to Tipton Jobcentre Plus, and for her kind words about the staff there. Jobcentre Plus in Tipton has been reviewing local…26 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the meeting that we had on this very subject just a few months ago and for raising the issue of how important it is to get people back into…26 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI meet my colleagues in the Health and Social Care Department regularly, particularly because of the important work that the joint work and health directorate is doing to get…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Poverty and Welfare PoliciesI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that point. I will take the opportunity to reflect on what she has said and write to her with a response. I will move on because I have…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Poverty and Welfare PoliciesIt is a pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan) on securing the debate. He spoke…06 Jan 2026HANSARDNeurodiversity in the WorkplaceMy hon. Friend speaks with great knowledge of this area. Showing our commitment to raising awareness of neurodiversity, ACAS will be offering free masterclasses to small and…17 Dec 2025HANSARDNeurodiversity in the WorkplaceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Sarah Hall) on securing the debate and her powerful and…17 Dec 2025HANSARDWork and Pensions…The statistic the hon. Gentleman perhaps wants me to give is that I understand 100 children a day were pushed into child poverty through the two-child limit that the previous…11 Dec 2025HANSARDWork and Pensions…The statistic the hon. Gentleman perhaps wants me to give is that I understand 100 children a week were pushed into child poverty through the two-child limit that the previous…11 Dec 2025HANSARDUnemployment LevelsI welcome my hon. Friend’s question. The growth in the number of NEETs over time is absolutely a matter of inequality. The previous Government failed to tackle this issue and the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDUnemployment LevelsMay I just say gently to the shadow Secretary of State that she seems to be suffering from amnesia? We know that in the last four years of the previous Government, the number of…08 Dec 2025HANSARDUnemployment LevelsThe hon. Gentleman will know that, for under-21s, there are no national insurance contributions that are payable by an employer. I fully recognise that McDonald’s provides…08 Dec 2025HANSARDUnemployment LevelsMy hon. Friend is exactly right. At the mayors council on Thursday, we were discussing this very point about ensuring that all parts of the country benefit from employment…08 Dec 2025HANSARDUnemployment LevelsI am sure that the hon. Lady will be pleased to know that more than 329,000 more people are in work this year. The economically active working-age population has reached a record…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild PovertyI think it is absolutely right and proper that this Government have the child poverty taskforce to look at not just the issue of the two-child limit, which is obviously very…08 Dec 2025HANSARDUnemployment LevelsOf course we want employers and businesses to create jobs, but let me reiterate—as I am not sure that the shadow Secretary of State heard my earlier answer—that for the under-21s,…08 Dec 2025HANSARDUnemployment LevelsThe hon. Lady might not know this, but I joined the team in September, so I will have to find out. I am happy to write to her about when the last meeting in that area took place.08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. The transformation of our jobs and career service will provide wraparound support to individuals who are looking for work or career…08 Dec 2025