Pilots are to be launched in 30 children's centres in England in October to explore how to improve the support Jobcentre Plus offers to parents through children's centres. The three-year pilots will be set up in 10 local authority areas and are to be backed with £7.8m of government funding. Ann Gross, deputy director of children's centres and extended schools at the Department for Children, Schools and Families, said: "The pilots will...

