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A speech on the progress of welfare reforms by Lord Freud, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Welfare Reform.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Some Jobseeker's Allowance claimants will have to take part in supervised jobsearch activity in a new trial to be introduced in 2014.
The £500 a week benefit cap is in place across the country and a major welfare reform has been successfully delivered.
Latest published figures show over 168,000 jobseekers have escaped long-term unemployment and found lasting work through the Work Programme.
Matthew Oakley appointed to carry out an independent review of benefit sanctions for the government.
New legislation to ban consultancy charges in automatic enrolment schemes in force from 14 September 2013.
Extra financial support for British entrepreneurs to start a business is now available through Start-Up Loans and New Enterprise Allowance.
Latest official figures published on Winter Fuel Payments made last winter.
Latest employment figures from the Office for National Statistics: September 2013.
The progress being made in separated parents accepting financial responsibility for their children.
A summit meeting of Ministers, regulators and the pensions industry to stop pension liberation fraud.
We will implement Universal Credit on time by 2017 and within budget – our plan is achievable.
It’s been 100 days since I took on the challenge of delivering the biggest reform of the welfare system in a generation Universal Credit.
The Feeding Britain’s Future campaign gives over 15,000 young people a chance to gain skills and insight into the food and grocery industry.
Jobseekers will have to account more clearly for their efforts to find work, as part of the Claimant Commitment.
Update on the roll-out of Universal Credit.
The number of people aged between 50 and 64 in employment in the UK has increased by nearly 2 million over the past 15 years.
Seaside resorts across England urged to open up their beaches to disabled people and benefit from the purple pound worth £80 billion a year.
The private sector now accounts for a greater share of overall employment than at any time since current records began nearly 15 years ago.
Organisations that help support separated families can apply for their work to be independently assessed and recognised.
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