Labour will today announce plans to bring more people back into work and reduce the country’s benefits bill, with Keir Starmer admitting Britain “simply isn’t working”. The government will replace the network of Jobcentres with a new National Jobs and Careers Service, while more NHS staff will be sent to areas with higher rates of joblessness.

Labour has dodged the “difficult decisions” on tackling Britain’s ballooning sickness benefits bill, the Tories have claimed.

Sir Keir Starmer has declared Britain “simply isn’t working” as he unveiled plans to bring more people into work and slash the country’s spiralling benefits bill. The prime minister is planning to replace the network of Jobcentres with a new National Jobs and Careers Service,