‘Not just about cuts’: Liz Kendall says benefits changes will help people find jobs
Welfare secretary visits Northampton centre helping out-of-work people develop skills, saying it is part of new approachThe welfare secretary, Liz Kendall, wearing an apron, is gingerly rolling a ball of sourdough. When it comes to getting people off incapacity benefits and back into work, breadmaking, it seems, has a part to play.Kendall is at Workbridge, a community centre in Northampton. There’s a cafe, a garden centre, and workshops and kitchens offering people with mental illness, autism, learning disabilities and brain injuries the chance to develop their life and job skills. Continue reading...

Welfare secretary visits Northampton centre helping out-of-work people develop skills, saying it is part of new approach
The welfare secretary, Liz Kendall, wearing an apron, is gingerly rolling a ball of sourdough. When it comes to getting people off incapacity benefits and back into work, breadmaking, it seems, has a part to play.
Kendall is at Workbridge, a community centre in Northampton. There’s a cafe, a garden centre, and workshops and kitchens offering people with mental illness, autism, learning disabilities and brain injuries the chance to develop their life and job skills. Continue reading...