Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a three-year £2.9bn ‘restart programme' to help more than one million people unemployed for more than a year find work.

Today's Spending Review settlement also includes £1.6bn in 2021/22 for the Kickstart scheme, which will provide more than 250,000 fully-funded new six-month job placements for under 25s who are claiming out-of-work benefits.