Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Liz Kendall and Priti Patel

Monday 7th October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Priti Patel (Witham) (Con)]

With employers in Witham and across the country about to be whacked with a barrage of higher taxes, thanks to this Government, how do the Government expect employment levels to stay high? How do they expect small businesses to be at the heart of any employment strategy that they claim to have?

[Liz Kendall]

Under the previous Government, we had the highest taxes in 70 years, and jobcentres to which only one in six employers ever went to recruit. We will transform our jobcentres into a new jobs and careers service, so that people get the help they need, and so that employers can recruit the staff they desperately need.