Jobcentre Plus has thousands of candidates who are available to fill vacancies right now. Many highly skilled people who are out of work after the COVID-19 crisis are considering new roles in new ...

Hundreds of assaults on Jobcentre staff have potentially been avoided due to scrapping face to face appointments during the pandemic, according to official statistics. In 2020/21, when Jobcentre ...

Families have been left penniless for weeks because of changes to jobcentres involving a shift from face-to-face contact to telephone services, according to a new report. Citizens Advice called for ...

I welcome the news of the new UK work and pension minister’s plans for a radical Jobcentre revamp (“Jobcentre to focus on career advice rather than policing benefits”, Report, July 11). At the Big ...

Jobcentre Plus security staff in Sheffield have gone on strike this week over "poverty" pay that they have said makes them "go hungry". The UK-wide industrial action involves 1,500 security guards, ...

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