Jobcentres will no longer force people into ‘any job’ available, minister says

Alison McGovern promises long-term career support in wake of Labour's significant cuts to disability benefits

Jobcentres will no longer force people into any job" available, the employment minister has said, promising there will be long-term, personalised career support for those losing out due to welfare cuts.

Alison McGovern said she was ending the Conservative policy under which jobseekers were obliged to take any low-paid, insecure work and that the service would now be focused on helping people to build rewarding careers.