Jonathan Ashworth comments on DWP office closures

Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, commenting on DWP office closures, said:

“In closing DWP offices and cutting jobs in areas including Stoke, Burnley, Bishop Auckland, Doncaster, Southampton and Kirkcaldy, Therese Coffey has exposed the Tories’ rhetoric on levelling up to be utterly hollow.

“Ministers are today cutting quality public sector jobs from communities who need them in the middle of a devastating cost of living crisis.”