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Tom Hadley, the REC’s Director of External Relations commented: “The new jobs pledge can only work if the Government leverages the skills and local knowledge of recruitment agencies to meet the needs of the local labour market and boost employment numbers by 2010.  

 “Both the REC and JobCentre Plus recognise the value in placing candidates in temporary assignments at a local level as a route into permanent work and a way of boosting employment at a grass roots level. Equally though, the Government must take a more flexible approach to benefits so claimants don’t feel that their ‘safety net’ is removed the minute they take on short term work.”