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Remaining focused on the economy and driving private sector jobs growth is crucial to get Britain working again.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Findings of a longitudinal evaluation of the Face to Face guidance pilot.
Fraud investigators at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are finding new ways of cracking down on benefit thieves.
The Work Programme will be the first major move into a system of payment by results for the public sector.
Tackling the deficit and pressing ahead with the new Work Programme to help jobseekers back into sustained employment remains the priority.
Today sees the start of a radical shake-up of the way disabled people use state funding, allowing them to buy their own support services.
An article for The Sun by Prime Minister David Cameron on the government policy for families published on Friday 10 December 2010.
Changes to Access to Work, a disability employment programme, to give disabled people faster and simpler support into work.
Benefit claimants who refuse to take up the offer of a training course could have their benefits stopped, under new plans unveiled today.
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP.
Disabled people and their organisations asked to join the debate on reforming Disability Living Allowance.
New research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions investigates ‘exempt’ and supported accommodation.
Ministers today reaffirmed their determination to drive private sector rents for Housing Benefit recipients down.
Findings are published today from a qualitative evaluation of In Work Credit (IWC).
Findings published from a qualitative evaluation of a pilot variation in the structure of In Work Credit payments for lone parents.
Social Security Advisory Committee ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider Social Security Regulations (2011).
The organisations making the framework for the Government’s radical new Work Programme, which will see jobseekers given tailored support.
Changes will be made to the Work Capability Assessment to iron out any problems and improve the system.
Helping some of the most disadvantaged and unskilled people back to work continues to be the top priority of the European Social Fund (ESF).
Rising employment and a fall in the overall numbers out of work is reassuring news, but stubbornly high numbers are dependant on benefits.
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