Kendall pledges to ‘overhaul’ Government relationship with employers A Cabinet minister has pledged to “overhaul” the Government’s relationship with employers with reforms to Jobcentres to “better meet” the needs of businesses.
In a separate statement released by the department on Friday, Ms Kendall described the DWP as the “HR department for the Government’s growth mission” and said its job is to “work with businesses to meet their recruitment needs”.
Speaking to PA on Thursday, she blamed Conservative administrations for failing to get on top of welfare spending, and said: “We’re going to get the benefits bill on a more sustainable course – and it has to be, we cannot accept these costs of failure, failure for individuals, failure for businesses and failure for the economy.
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall described her department as the “HR department” for ministers’ growth missions as she unveiled plans for better Whitehall support for businesses using the jobs service.
Asked why she thought employers had not used the Jobcentre network, the minister said: “Some employers think that they have to tell their story too many times to lots of different Jobcentres, that Jobcentres don’t do enough to understand their particular needs as an individual employer.
