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From Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
  • Employment rate remains at record high

    Britain has a joint record high employment rate of 75.6% with 32.39 million people now in work according to the latest official statistics.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Chair of the Single Financial Guidance Body appointed

    Sir Hector Sants has been appointed as chair of the Single Financial Guidance Body.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government launches consultation on Claimant Count

    How the government assesses the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits is to be overhauled to provide accuracy to the statistics.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unemployment rate lowest in over 40 years

    The unemployment rate in Britain remains at a 40-year low, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Benefit cap leading to “working role-models in families”: Esther McVey

    New figures released today show that 48,000 households have moved into work after being subject to the benefit cap.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More support for non-parental carers

    Support for children who may otherwise be in local authority care is to be extended in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government announces Tech Fund to support disabled people and their employers

    Minister for Disabled People announces new Tech Fund as part of Access to Work, offering employers significant savings on the cost of assistive technology.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Personal Independence Payment films

    DWP has published 5 short videos to help give people an overview of the process of claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • A jobs Brexit

    Opinion editorial by Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox published in the Sunday Express on 22 April 2018.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New ‘Find a Job’ service to support thousands of jobseekers into work

    One of the UK’s largest recruitment websites Universal Jobmatch is to be re-named ‘Find a Job’.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Employment rate reaches another new record high

    Official figures out today show that the employment rate is at 75.4% – up 0.8 percentage points from 74.6% a year ago and the highest since records began.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Rent boost for millions of claimants moving onto Universal Credit

    People in receipt of Housing Benefit will receive an extra 2 weeks' support with their rent when they move onto Universal Credit from today (11 April 2018).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More support for disabled people plus other welfare and pension reforms start in April

    A number of welfare reforms have come into effect from April 2018.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Housing support for young people

    Housing costs will be available to 18 to 21-year-olds under Universal Credit to make sure young people from all backgrounds can get a job and progress into work.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • One million people lifted out of absolute poverty

    The number of people living in absolute poverty has fallen by 1 million since 2010, according to statistics released today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Employment rate reaches joint record high

    The employment rate is at 75.3% – up from 74.6% compared to a year ago and the joint highest since records began.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Grant to support disabled people in the workplace rises by over a third

    Hundreds of disabled employees are to benefit from a £15,000 rise on Access to Work grants.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Number of children in workless households down over half a million since 2010

    Number of workless households falls by 881,000 since 2010 and 53,000 on the year.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New chair for the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) announced

    Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, Sarah Newton MP, has announced the appointment of Dr Lesley Rushton as chair of IIAC.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Employment remains at near-record high

    Official figures released today show that the unemployment rate remains at a near-record low of 4.4%, with the employment rate at a near-record high of 75.2%.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government