New staff at job centres

A big increase in job centre staff will be announced in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to say the number of work coaches will double from 13,500 to 27,000 in a bid to try to help jobseekers back into employment.

The move will cost some £800 million and comes amid predictions of a major recession in the aftermath of Covid-19 as GDP has taken a severe hit during lockdown.