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Findings of an independent review to help increase business start-ups in the most disadvantaged communities across Great Britain.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
The review is to consider changes in life expectancy, wider changes in society and help ensure the State Pension remains sustainable.
New milestone reached as over 660 jobcentres now offer Universal Credit.
Today, 16 more jobcentres will start offering the new benefit.
The Disability Action Alliance is developing a new strategy focusing on its long term sustainability and more collaborative working.
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.
Universal Credit is now available in 623 jobcentres, helping over a quarter of a million people to find work faster and earn more.
Around 31,000 households who had their benefits capped have moved into work, reduced their Housing Benefit claim or no longer claim it.
Fifteen more jobcentres now offer Universal Credit, with nearly 600 offices live nationwide.
The majority of entrepreneurial jobseekers who became their own boss thanks to a government scheme are still in business, more than a year after launching their start-up.
Museji Ahmed Takolia CBE has been appointed Chair of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS).
Employment Minister Priti Patel launches the £2.5 billion European Social Fund (ESF) programme for England at Styal prison in Cheshire.
The UK has its highest ever employment rate of 74% with a record 31.4 million people in work.
New milestone reached with 568 jobcentres offering the new benefit.
DWP is introducing a new video relay service to help British Sign Language (BSL) users easily access government services.
Ground-breaking government scheme to provide expert employment support to young people launched by Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel.
The new State Pension being introduced in April 2016 will make millions of people better off.
More than three-quarters of a million people who were long-term unemployed have found a job through the government’s Work Programme.
We have improved the Sorting out Separation and Child Maintenance Options websites – see how they could help you or someone you know.
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