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Debate between Liz Kendall and Connor Naismith
Monday 16th December 2024

(1 week, 1 day ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liz Kendall Portrait Liz Kendall
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I believe that sport, as well as art and culture, can play a huge role in engaging and inspiring people, helping them on the pathway to skills, confidence and jobs. I want to see that provision enhanced in future, because we are determined to have that at the national partnership level, and it needs to happen locally, too, to get people working and earning again.

Connor Naismith Portrait Connor Naismith (Crewe and Nantwich) (Lab)
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15. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the number of people in low-paid work.

Liz Kendall Portrait The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Liz Kendall)
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Our plan to get Britain working is crucial to tackling low pay and increasing living standards in every corner of the country. When only one in six people ever fully escape low pay, the Labour party believes that is not good enough, so our new jobs and careers service, backed by £55 million of additional funding next year, will kick-start our reforms to help more people get work and get on in their work so that they boost their living standards, too.

Connor Naismith Portrait Connor Naismith
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Average wages in my constituency of Crewe and Nantwich—a place with a proud industrial heritage—lag behind the regional and national averages at just £686 a week before tax. Will the Secretary of State outline how the “Get Britain Working” White Paper will support growth as well as high-skilled, well-paid jobs in my constituency, not just the biggest cities?