Three London job centres to close in DWP nationwide shake-up - full list of closures

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced  19 job centres across the UK will close by March 2023, with three set to shut their doors in London.  The initial closure announcement has sparked fury amongst GMB members who stated that more than 50 jobs will be at risk.

This claim has now been refuted by DWP. Eamon O’Hearn, GMB national officer, previously said: "The proposal to close DWP sites will not only cost jobs but will undermine Government rhetoric about growing the labour force.

"Closures will undoubtedly impact on services and represent a screeching U-turn on the original programme to extend the reach of DWP into communities. GMB members, who work as security at these sites, will have their jobs and futures put at risk.

"This plan makes no sense when the Government is touting warm words on growth and employment.”

However, the closures will only affect job centre sites created temporarily during the Covid-19 pandemic and staff will be moved to more permanent locations.

A DWP spokesperson said:“We no longer need the temporary space we acquired during the pandemic to accommodate social distancing. To continue providing our essential employment support and other services in a way that is cost efficient for the taxpayer, we are phasing out these temporarily leased sites and staff and all customer services will return to the nearby established jobcentre.

“The closing of these temporary sites will not reduce our levels of service, or access to face-to-face appointments. Customers will return to being served by their established Jobcentre and there will be no reduction in the number of Work Coaches serving customers as a result.”

But which London job centres will be closing their doors? Here’s everything you need to know.

Which London Job Centres will be closing?

The DWP has announced that three job centres will be closing in London in March 2023.

These include:

• Hackney Job Centre on Habberdasher Street
• Kentish Town Job Centre on Hermes Street
• Tooting Job Centre on Tooting High Street

Full List of Job Centre closures in the UK

• Aylesbury
• Bath
• Blyth
• Burnley
• Dundee
• Gateshead
• Halifax
• Inverness
• Ipswich
• Kettering
• Leeds
• Lincoln
• London Hackney
• London Kentish Town
• London Tooting
• Stevenage
• Sunderland
• Swindon
• Wigan