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Work Programme

In my constituency, 46% of workers work in the public sector, as do 45% of workers in the neighbouring constituency of Clwyd West. The Tory theory is that when those workers are sacked by the Tory Government—up to 25% of them will be sacked—private industry will automatically move in and take them on, and everything will be hunky-dory. That is not happening. Where are the jobs coming from for the public sector workers and, specifically, the young people in my constituency? The future jobs fund put 420 young people back into work in an 18-month period. How many will the Minister’s proposals put back to work in the next 18 months?