Up to 200 staff at the Department for Work and Pensions office in Clydebank face an uncertain future after plans were unveiled to close offices across the UK.

A total of 42 centres across the country are set to close with at least 1,000 people at risk of losing their jobs.

Thirteen 'processing sites' have been earmarked for closure, with staff at another 29 set to be relocated.

According to the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), the DWP office at Radnor House on Kilbowie Road is on the list of offices recommended for closure, with staff to be offered the opportunity to work at an alternative location.

Other Scottish sites set for a similar fate are located in Dundee, Falkirk, Glasgow city centre, Springburn and Stirling.

The PCS claims that the DWP offices in Aberdeen and Kirkcaldy are among 13 likely to close without an alternative.

DWP minister David Rutley told MPs at Westminster on Thursday that meetings were being held with affected staff.

A government spokesperson said: "As part of plans to improve the services we deliver to claimants, help more people into employment and modernise public services, DWP is moving some back-office staff to better, greener offices, which will not affect any public-facing roles.

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“This is not a plan to reduce our headcount – where possible, our colleagues in offices due to close are being offered opportunities to be redeployed to a nearby site, or retrained into a new role in DWP or another government department.

"We are making every effort to fully support our staff through this process.”

Shortly after the announcement was made, Clydebank's MP Martin Docherty-Hughes tweeted: "Furious at the UK Minister's obfuscation on Tory plans to shut 42 local DWP offices, impacting 205 jobs in #WestDunbartonshire & 1000s more across the country."