Grayling: Govt’s focus is on benefits
Employment minister Chris Grayling responds to the latest unemployment figures, which show a slight fall of 0.2%:
“These figures are a small step in the right direction, though we absolutely do not underestimate the scale of the economic challenge we face.
“The fact that there are still five million people on out of work benefits underlines the scale of Britain’s welfare challenge and shows that we are right to radically overhaul our welfare system.
“Our reforms will mean that people are always financially better off in work; people will no longer be trapped in a life on benefits.
“From early next year we will start full scale re-testing of incapacity benefit claimants and our Work Programme will come into force to ensure that long term unemployed people and others who need it have tailored support to move them into sustained work.
