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JobCentre roll-out hailed a scuccess by MP's

The massive £1.9bn project to streamline and modernise job centres across Britain's  and social security offices has been praised by MPs as "exemplary".

The public accounts committee praised management of the six-year scheme, which saw 800 JobCentre Plus created.

Although this scheme is one of the largest public sector construction projects in the UK - suprisingly came in £135m under budget

According to the BBC

But it is not known if the new offices were yet helping more people find work, MPs said

Between 2002 and 2008, the Department for Work and Pensions replaced more than 1,500 job centres and social security offices across Britain with a network of 800 Jobcentre Plus offices.


 
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