# Connect to Work enrolment falls short of revised first-year target

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/labours-1billion-back-to-work-scheme-fails-to-hit-even-half-its-target-as-long-term-jobless-refuse-to-sign-up/
- Published: 2026-10-27T23:01:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T23:12:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16244191/Labour-work-scheme-fails-hit-half-target.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Football, Sport, World

## Key points

- Connect to Work recruited 13,900 people in its first year.
- It missed both its original and revised targets.
- Ministers say participation is increasing.

## Summary

Labour’s Connect to Work scheme recruited 13,900 people in its first year, well below its original target of 33,623 and the reduced target of 17,954. The shortfall raises questions about whether the £1.2 billion programme can meet its ambition to support 300,000 people with long-term health conditions into work by the end of the decade.

Launched in November 2024, the scheme offers employment help to people who are sick or disabled and have been out of work. The Department for Work and Pensions said 25,000 participants had started between April last year and June this year, with 15,000 joining from March to June, and expects participation to increase.

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