Proceeding contribution from Michael Connarty (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 22 November 2005. It occurred during Opposition day on Welfare Reform and Incapacity Benefit.
Welfare Reform and Incapacity Benefit
: One cost-cutting exercise that has been admitted to by the Department under my right hon. Friend’s predecessor—and his predecessor before him—was the closure of many jobcentres. I was promised a Jobcentre Plus in the mining village of Bo’ness, but what I got was a closure, and people were transferred on to the books of a jobcentre 10 miles away. Can I have a guarantee that people who seek to come off benefits and get back into work, or to change jobs, will not be forced to travel 10 miles without being given adequate financial support to cover their costs?
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- 439 c1409
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- 2005-06
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- Benefits rules Eligibility Incapacity benefit Social security Social security benefits Reform Pathways to work programme
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