Labour leader says there should be more support to help people back into jobs, vowing to do ‘everything we can to tackle worklessness’

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People who have been on long-term sickness leave and claiming benefits will need get back into the workplace “where they can”, Keir Starmer has said.

The prime minister said he wants more schemes across the country that support people back into work from long-term sickness because he believes in the “basic proposition that you should look for work”.