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Alun Cairns: Welfare reform transforming lives in Wales
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Wales becomes the first nation in the UK to complete the rollout of Universal Credit.
Through the Work Programme, a total of 503,000 jobseekers have found work lasting 3 months or longer.
Private sector employment over 26 million, unemployment rate at 5.1% and the claimant count at its lowest level in over 40 years.
The government is changing the assessment criteria for the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
Findings of an independent review to help increase business start-ups in the most disadvantaged communities across Great Britain.
Today, 16 more jobcentres will start offering the new benefit.
The UK’s employment rate has hit another record high, rising to 74.1%.
Universal Credit is now available in 623 jobcentres, helping over a quarter of a million people to find work faster and earn more.
Fifteen more jobcentres now offer Universal Credit, with nearly 600 offices live nationwide.
The UK has its highest ever employment rate of 74% with a record 31.4 million people in work.
New milestone reached with 568 jobcentres offering the new benefit.
Over 4,300 new businesses started with the support of the New Enterprise Allowance
More than three-quarters of a million people who were long-term unemployed have found a job through the government’s Work Programme.
The UK employment rate reaches new record high of 73.9% and over half a million more people are in work compared to this time last year.
People claiming Universal Credit are significantly more likely to move into work than those on Jobseeker’s Allowance.
The government is helping more young people achieve their potential – and youth unemployment is now lower than it was in 2010.
More jobcentres across Britain now offer Universal Credit as 12 more offices take new claims from today.
More jobcentres across Britain now offer Universal Credit as 17 more sites start taking new claims from today.
Universal Credit reaches 492 jobcentres as 22 more start taking new claims from today (Monday 9 November 2015).
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