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  • Benefit cap: thousands move into work or off Housing Benefit

    The benefit cap continues to provide an incentive to work, with thousands of people who had their benefits capped moving into work.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New ministerial team welcomed to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Iain Duncan Smith was welcomed back as the Secretary of State, alongside Lord Freud who continues as Minister for Welfare Reform.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Benefit sanctions down as more people helped into work

    The number of benefit sanctions has gone down by a third over the past year.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Priti Patel: Employment at an all-time high, creating a more prosperous future for Britain

    UK employment has reached an all-time high of 73.5% – and over the last year employment growth has outstripped every other major economy.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Universal Credit roll out continues

    The national roll out of Universal Credit continues today (11 May 2015) with the benefit now available to new single claimants in Richmond, Kirkwall, Lerwick and Stornoway.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • 600,000 fewer workless households since 2010: Workless households now lowest in a decade

    New figures show the number of workless households has fallen by more than 600,000 since 2010, the lowest in a decade.

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

  • Duncan Smith: critics proved wrong on Work Programme

    More than 400,000 long-term unemployed people are now in work because of the Work Programme.

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

  • Supreme Court finds in favour of benefit cap

    Judges in the country’s highest court have declared that the benefit cap is lawful.

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

  • New measures to support more disabled people into work

    A bold ambition to ensure more disabled people can benefit from the UK’s growing economy and jobs market is behind Access to Work changes.

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

  • EU jobseekers barred from claiming Universal Credit

    From today (9 March 2015), new EU migrants who have arrived in the UK will be prevented from claiming benefits until they have started work.

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

  • Universal Credit: entitlement of EEA nationals

    Correspondence between SSAC and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the entitlement of EEA nationals to Universal Credit.

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  • 400 more disabled people in work every day

    There is a year-on-year increase of the number of disabled people in work of more than 141,000 and 86,000 more disabled women in work.

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

  • Universal Credit makes work pay

    The national roll out of Universal Credit begins on 16 February 2015.

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

  • Benefit cap: 200 people into work or off Housing Benefit every week

    The benefit cap is encouraging more people to work or stop claiming Housing Benefit.

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

  • Benefit fraud clampdown as maximum penalty to be more than doubled

    Parliament is to consider plans to more than double the maximum administrative penalty for benefit fraud from £2,000 to £5,000.

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

  • Avoid regional accent discrimination when recruiting

    Employment Minister Esther McVey urges people not to hide their accents when looking for work.

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

  • Welfare transformation comes to families in more areas

    Universal Credit will be available to families in more areas across the country, from today.

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

  • Universal Credit and Universal Support

    Lord Freud's, Minister for Welfare Reform, speech to the Local Government Association (LGA) about Universal Credit and Universal Support.

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

  • A landmark one million jobseekers on more rigorous work search regime

    Over a million jobseekers have signed up to a Claimant Commitment meaning they need to do more to find work or face losing their benefits.

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

  • Huge reduction in benefit dispute waiting times

    New figures show the average waiting time for disputes against benefit decisions have dropped substantially.

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