Liz Kendall

To get Britain growing again, we need to Get Britain Working again. Today I have set out the biggest reforms to employment support in a generation: 🤝 Youth Guarantee for all 18-21-year-olds 📝 Transformed Jobcentre service open to all 🏢 More local powers to tackle inactivity

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The Youth Guarantee is changing lives for the better across the West of England. Young people are being supported into jobs and training, giving them a chance to get on, with £5m @dwpgovuk backing. Businesses are coming forward to take part – join them: tinyurl.com/YouthGuarantee…

We will not accept tomorrow's pensioners being poorer than today's. That's why we are reviving the Pensions Commission, because we all deserve to look forward to our retirement with hope, not fear. 👇 gov.uk/government/new…

Families have watched their local rivers, coastlines and lakes suffer from record levels of pollution. The Conservatives let it happen. Labour will clean it up.

This analysis ⬇️ – showing how our plans to deliver statutory sick pay for all will deliver an annual £2bn net benefit to business – supports our own evidence that the Employment Rights Bill is good for employees and good for businesses.   Read more theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Our up to £1bn Better Futures Fund will help tackle the structural causes of poverty. Bringing together public funds with social impact investments, it will open up opportunities for training and work across the country. My interview with the @guardian theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Illegal working undercuts wages and exploits the vulnerable. That’s why our Immigration Enforcement teams are tackling it head-on. With arrests already up 51%, we’re now launching a nationwide blitz targeting delivery riders and illegal working hotspots.

A pay rise of 28.9%. The highest pay rise in the entire public sector this year. A genuine commitment to work together on things like rotations, placements, progression. These are NOT the conditions for strike action. I urge the BMA to work with me.

No-one going through the heartbreak of pregnancy loss should have to go back to work before they’re ready. I’m proud this Labour government is introducing a day-one right to protected time off work, with time away from work to grieve. bbc.com/news/articles/…

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the government's 10-year NHS plan will be 'spending money on taxpayer's priorities'. trib.al/kdXA2Dr 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

The NHS was founded on fairness: everyone in our country deserves to receive the care they need, not the care they can afford. Today, it falls to our generation to make the same choice: to build an NHS fit for the future. This is our plan. ✍🏻 @guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

An NHS fit for the future. A healthier nation fit for the future. This is our plan.

We are backing business every step of the way.

Hear Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall on @TimesRadio after being in Parliament for the introduction of a new Bill on welfare reform Read about the new welfare bill announced today ow.ly/pQ8s50WbAee

This Labour government will help everyone get the skills they need to fully benefit from the digital revolution. We won’t leave anyone behind. theguardian.com/technology/202…

Looking after family carers is an issue particularly close to my heart. Proud, as ever, to support the work of @CarersUK this #CarersWeek.

“We can tackle the inequalities facing family carers and give all carers across the UK a better life.” Liz Kendall pays tribute to the UK’s carers for #CarersWeek @CarersUK

BREAKING: Six water companies’ unfair bonuses banned

No child can be expected to learn on an empty stomach 500,000 more children will be able to get free school meals from September next year

The government just gave half a million kids the nutrition they need to learn, grow and thrive. What a win! 🍽️💥 @Keir_Starmer @bphillipsonMP @StephenMorganMP @leicesterliz #FreeSchoolMeals