Not up to the job

Welfare reforms will make centres 'fit for modern age | All 18-21s offered training, education or apprenticeships

- ASHLEY COWBURN

MAJOR reforms to the welfare system will be set out today including an overhaul of jobcentres to make them fit for the modern age.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall are seeking to cut the number of people who are out of work.

During the election, Labour promised to increase the employment rate to 80% from 75%, which would mean an extra two million people in work.

Key to the changes will be moving away from a tick-box culture at jobcentres across the country with £55million of funding to offer more tailored career advice.