Overview
- - The Department for Work and Pensions is expanding mobile Jobcentres to six additional areas, taking the total to nine across Great Britain.
- - New locations include Barrow-in-Furness, Blackpool, Wakefield, North Nottinghamshire, Bridgend and Rhondda Cynon Taf, and North Somerset.
- - DWP lists immediate stops in Barrow at Park Leisure Centre on 17 February and Furness General Hospital on 19 February, with further dates this week in Blackpool, Bridgend/Rhondda Cynon Taf and North Somerset.
- - On-board work coaches provide job-search support, information on training, guidance for people with health conditions or disabilities, and help accessing childcare costs at venues such as leisure centres, supermarkets and football stadiums.
- - Pilots in the Scottish Highlands, North and Mid Wales and Greater Manchester supported over 1,600 people, with Bolton’s van aiding nearly 800 since January 2025, and DWP data show just over half of visitors were not on benefits.