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Over 95% of jobcentres now offer Universal Credit.
Findings of an independent review to help increase business start-ups in the most disadvantaged communities across Great Britain.
The UK’s employment rate has hit another record high, rising to 74.1%.
David Cameron announces that tens of thousands of people with mental health conditions will be supported to find or return to work.
Around 31,000 households who had their benefits capped have moved into work, reduced their Housing Benefit claim or no longer claim it.
Ground-breaking government scheme to provide expert employment support to young people launched by Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel.
People claiming Universal Credit are significantly more likely to move into work than those on Jobseeker’s Allowance.
The Chancellor has published the results of the spending review, including details of the DWP’s budget over the course of this Parliament.
Around 28,000 people who have had their benefits capped have moved into work, reduced their Housing Benefit claim or no longer claim it.
Fraud and error in the benefit system has dropped to the lowest level ever, falling by £350 million last year.
The UK labour market is going from strength to strength, with the proportion of people in work now at a record high of 73.6%.
Universal Credit will be in three-quarters of all jobcentres by Christmas, as the next phase of the national rollout begins today.
Almost 12.5 million older people across the UK benefitted from a Winter Fuel Payment last winter, new figures published today show.
A speech on work, health and disability at an event hosted by Reform and Barclays.
Wages have continued to rise and there are a record number of women in work, thanks to the government’s long-term economic plan.
Michelle Mone OBE is to lead a major government review on supporting business start-ups in disadvantaged communities.
The benefit cap continues to provide a clear incentive to work.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith hails changing attitudes of UK business towards disabled staff.
Government to introduce a new and strengthened approach to tracking the life chances of Britain’s most disadvantaged children.
Latest statistic show the percentage of individuals and children in relative low income is at its lowest level since the 1980s.
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