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Let councils take on the DWP role

Councils are ideally placed to take on a major part of the Department for Work and Pensions’ role in tackling worklessness, says David Parsons

Jobless Britain. The spectre has haunted politicians for years. Across parts of the country, it is claimed, we are raising families with no cultural experience of employment.

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