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From Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
  • Child poverty strategy launched

    Supporting families into work, improving living standards and raising educational attainment are the fundamental aims set out in the government’s child poverty strategy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Welfare reforms boost skills training by 40%

    Welfare reforms have boosted the number of benefit claimants training to improve their skills by almost 40%.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Public backing means full steam ahead for pension reforms

    Pensions Minister Steve Webb to continue with plans to overhaul the private pensions market.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £20 million support for welfare reform claimants unspent

    More than £20 million specifically earmarked to help people adapt to welfare reforms was not spent by local authorities last year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • North west Universal Credit expansion

    Universal Credit, the government’s flagship welfare reform, will expand rapidly throughout the rest of 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Around 300,000 people escape long-term unemployment thanks to the Work Programme

    About 300,000 long-term unemployed people have found lasting work using the Work Programme – an increase of 44,000 people in jobs in the last 3 months.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Budding entrepreneurs helped off benefits

    Around 2,000 businesses a month have been set up over the past year by people who have moved from claiming benefits to being their own boss.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minister welcomes sharp fall in appeals against benefit decisions

    The number of benefit decision appeals dropped by 79% to 32,546 between January and March 2014, compared to same time last year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Helping business to wake up to older workers' untapped potential

    Minister for Pensions Steve Webb launches a new action plan to help older workers stay in the workplace

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Improving economy sees 2 million more private sector jobs

    A record employment rise saw nearly 5,500 more people in work every working day over the last 3 months.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Civil Service Diversity & Equality team wins Disability Confident Award

    Civil Service team wins Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) prize for their work promoting the Disability Confident Campaign.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tell Us Once: Bereavement support expanded and red tape cut

    Support to families facing bereavement will be expanded as a new service joins Tell Us Once.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Universal Credit: 100,000 views on the red button, smartphone apps and Facebook

    Interactive TV, smartphone apps and social media has been used to view over 100,000 pages of Universal Credit information.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Help for 16 and 17 year olds to catch up, keep up and find work

    Jobcentre Plus, in partnership with local authorities, to help 16 and 17 year olds to catch up, keep up and find work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Help to Work: nationwide drive to help the long-term unemployed into work

    Help to Work will give Jobcentre staff a new range of options to support the hardest to help get off benefits and into work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fraud and error: Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support overpayments at lowest levels ever

    Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support fraud and error overpayments are at their lowest recorded levels.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Historic reforms to create new State Pension

    Major reforms to simplify the State Pension and provide greater clarity about what people will receive in retirement are a step closer.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Largest employment rise in over 4 decades

    Employment has seen the largest quarterly rise since records began and the unemployment rate has fallen again to a new 5-year low.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Nick Clegg statement on employment statistics

    The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave a statement on the latest employment statistics released today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • National Employment Savings Trust Corporation Deputy Chair and Trustee Member appointments

    Tom Boardman appointed as Deputy Chair and Graham Berville as a new Trustee Member of the NEST Corporation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government