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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Patrick

Watch: Liz Kendall questioned on Labour’s ‘Get Britain Working Again’ employment plans

Watch as Liz Kendall was questioned on Labour's "Get Britain Working Again" employment reform plans on Tuesday, 26 November.

The white paper is part of a government pledge to bring more than two million people back into work.

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, while more NHS staff will be sent to areas with higher rates of joblessness.

Earlier on this live feed, the Foreign Office was questioned on the UK's efforts to support Ukraine in its conflict with Russia and assistance with the humanitarian situation in the Middle East.

Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), has warned that displaced people in Gaza will "die shivering" as temperatures drop in the winter with "no safe shelters, blankets or warm clothes for people to seek some respite."

Ministers also faced questions on UK efforts to aid Ukraine as the conflict with Russia continues.

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