The ‘trailblazer’ funding for the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority is part of a £240million initiative by central government to be announced today.
Today, the government will publish a Get Britain Working White Paper in a bid to halt rising worklessness and its related benefits bill.
York and North Yorkshire is one of eight sites in England and Wales which will focus on improving the support available to people who are economically inactive due to ill health and help them return to work.
David Skaith, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, said: “We have a great opportunity here to help break down some of the barriers preventing people in our communities getting back into work due to ill health.
“We have been asked by Government to bring together and maximise existing support and test new approaches as we develop this trailblazer offer further.
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