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HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperUnder Andy Burnham’s leadership, Greater Manchester is pioneering some of the changes that we want to see by fundamentally joining up work, health and skills support, by…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperBusinesses in Rugby and across the country always say that they are desperate to recruit people with the right skills. If they do not have the right people, they will not be able…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperThis Government understand the importance of whether the benefit system incentivises or disincentivises work, but we must also address people’s skills, the barriers to work,…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperWhen I visited my jobcentre in Leicester after being appointed to the work and pensions role in opposition, the very first thing its manager said to me was that the big problem…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperWe will certainly speak to the RNIB to ensure that those points are included as we take our “Get Britain Working” White Paper forward.26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperThe issue that my hon. Friend raises is so important, and Sir Charlie Mayfield, who will be running our “Keep Britain Working” review, will indeed look at best practice among some…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI thank my hon. Friend for an amazing visit yesterday, and I hope he will pass on my thanks to Rachel at the local college and to all the local businesses and apprentices. I agree…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI 100% want young people, and all my hon. Friend’s constituents in Dartford, to have the same chances. As I said earlier, I do not have a combined authority in my city, so I am…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperIt seems to me to be completely the wrong approach to put barriers in the way of data sharing. Some of the best innovations—I am thinking particularly of Barnsley council—have…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI do not want to see people being hounded. If they are able to work, I want them to get the support they need to do that. That is the big challenge that we face. There are more…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI reassure my hon. Friend that it is the same for me and my city—we do not have a devolution deal. We are overhauling our jobcentres, and tackling economic inactivity with local…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperIn the interests of brevity, yes.26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperThe right hon. Gentleman raises many important points. As I said earlier, it is absolutely the case that Northern Ireland has the highest level of economic inactivity in the UK.…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperYes. What my hon. Friend and many hon. Members have highlighted today are lots of individual examples of really good working, but we are not joining them up. They are not a…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperThe hon. Lady raises a massively important point, and I am really sorry to hear about what her constituents are experiencing. We have to get people back to health and back to…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I have already spoken quite a lot about changes to the apprenticeship levy, which are important, but there are many other things that we…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperThe White Paper will provide for a new youth employment panel so that we can genuinely engage with young people in developing our proposals. I believe that it is vital for people…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperAs my hon. Friend will know, that is why the manifesto on which we were all elected said that we would reform or replace the work capability assessment. People wait for that…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI am very sorry to hear that Diana’s daughter has not received the level of support that she had before. It is clear that with the right support she will be able to engage with…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperAs my hon. Friend says, there is already a young person’s guarantee in Wales. The jobcentre reforms will look different in Wales because the Welsh Government are responsible for…26 Nov 2024