Employment minister Alison McGovern has said that the government is announcing the "biggest change to employment help in a generation." Areas with the highest rates of unemployment are set to receive additional NHS support as part of the Government's effort to revitalise employment across the UK. 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. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We're announcing the biggest change to employment help for a generation.
00:04Fixing our job centres, making sure that they give people a really good experience of getting
00:09back to work, making sure that we tackle the root causes of the problems we've got, that's
00:14the health of the nation and also our young people.
00:18Too many of our young people are on the scrap heap at a young age.
00:22We've got to make sure that they're guaranteed an opportunity to work.
00:25We've had 14 years of Conservative government in which we've seen this problem get worse
00:31and worse.
00:32They promised us, Universal Credit and other things, that this problem would be long gone
00:36and it isn't.
00:37And that's because in too many parts of the country we've not got a good mix of jobs,
00:42so we're investing to change that.
00:44Our announcement today is about job centres so that when people walk into one, particularly
00:48if they live in one of those places that has had a bad economy for too long, they will
00:53get real help to get a good job.
00:55So there are rules in the system now, today.
00:58That means personal responsibility.
01:01You have to, if you claim social security, any of us would have to make an agreement
01:05with your coach about the activity that you're going to take.
01:08And if you don't stick to the rules, then that social security can be taken away from
01:12you.
01:13The government also has a responsibility because it's rights on both sides and responsibilities.
01:18That is that the government has to help people properly.
01:21And I think if you go into a job centre today, that help is not there enough.
01:27We need to give people the best possible chance to have a good job.
01:30And so what we're saying today is responsibility on everybody and responsibility on the government
01:35to help properly.