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Ministers target prisoners to fill UK’s labour shortages

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Ministers believe that tens of thousands more prisoners can fill labour shortages by targeting them with more jobs support and training while behind bars.

Employment hubs will also be created in jails to provide prisoners with specialist support with job applications.

Employment is also a top priority for ministers as part of their plans to tackle sky-high reoffending rates.

More than 40 per cent of people still in work after five years .

Kendall said that there were examples in her own Leicester constituency where employment advisers have successfully got people with mental health problems back into a job.

But services are inconsistent across the country, she said.

“I think the cost of living crisis, anxious parents, anxious children, the impact of social media,” Kendall said.

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English

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52

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