Sarah Smith

Sarah Smith

Labour — Hyndburn

Speaking in the House of Commons on 4 November 2025

Debate

Welfare Spending

Contribution

I recently met a constituent who was made unemployed in 2020 during the covid pandemic, and she has struggled ever since to find and hold down a job. She has an autism diagnosis, and it is only since this Government started improving the system that she has had access to a disability-trained job coach, who has supported her to get some volunteering and move into a college course; she now has a job ahead of her. That is what we are doing to grasp the system and tackle its challenges.

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