What is in the Government’s plan to ‘get Britain working’?

The number of people off work with a long-term illness has risen to three million, but what can the Government do to get people back to work? ITV News Political Correspondent Harry Horton reports
The Government is set to announce a string of reforms to boost employment in a bid to “get Britain working again”.
During the election, Labour promised to increase the employment rate to 80% from its current level of around 75%, which would mean around two million more people in work.
An official Government policy document setting out the plans, known as a white paper, is due to be published on Tuesday, but ahead of it the Department for Work and Pensions has shared some of its ideas.
Here is what the Government is considering:
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: “From the broken NHS, flatlining economy, and the millions of people left unemployed and trapped in an inactivity spiral – this Government inherited a country that simply isn’t working.
“But today we’ve set out a plan to fix this. A plan that tackles the biggest drivers of unemployment and inactivity and gives young people their future back through real, meaningful change instead of empty rhetoric and sticking plaster politics.”
Sir Keir added that the government’s reforms would “put an end to the culture of blaming and shaming people who for too long haven’t been getting the support they need to get back to work” and help people into “decent, well-paid jobs”.
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