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Universal Credit will be in three-quarters of all jobcentres by Christmas, as the next phase of the national rollout begins today.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Almost 12.5 million older people across the UK benefitted from a Winter Fuel Payment last winter, new figures published today show.
The New Enterprise Allowance has enabled 73,290 business starts since 2011.
Unemployment in Scotland remains unchanged at 164,000 in the period May to July 2015, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS).
There are over 400,000 more people in work than a year ago, and a record number of people working in the private sector.
Correspondence between SSAC and the DWP Universal Credit Policy Division about proposed changes to work allowances.
It was with great sadness that the committee has learned that our former colleague, Diana Whitworth, passed away at the weekend.
A speech on work, health and disability at an event hosted by Reform and Barclays.
Local authorities can bid for a share of a new fund to support the victims of domestic abuse.
The government details radical plans to end long-term youth unemployment and decades of welfare dependency.
Wages have continued to rise and there are a record number of women in work, thanks to the government’s long-term economic plan.
Michelle Mone OBE is to lead a major government review on supporting business start-ups in disadvantaged communities.
The benefit cap continues to provide a clear incentive to work.
Today (30 July 2015) Business Minister Nick Boles has named 75 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage.
Review launched into supporting benefit claimants with addictions and potentially treatable conditions back into work.
The MOD has launched a scheme that allows defence personnel to apply for a loan to meet the cost of a deposit for a rental property.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith hails changing attitudes of UK business towards disabled staff.
Record numbers of people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions are being helped into work by the Access to Work scheme.
The Consular Section at the British Deputy High Commission in Kolkata will be closed from 27 - 31 July 2015.
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