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  • Radical rethink on getting drug and alcohol users back to work

    Helping people trapped on benefits through drug and alcohol addiction so that they can recover and find employment is a top priority.

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

  • Publication of DWP research report no. 640:Problem drug users’ experiences of employment and the benefit system

    Experiences of problem drug users in relation to claiming benefit, looking for and being in employment, and dealing with Jobcentre Plus.

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

  • RADAR event: Financial Independence and Disability

    A speech by Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform, DWP.

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

  • Forgotten millions must get help into work

    The latest employment figures show that record numbers of people of working age are now economically inactive.

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

  • Address to welfare providers

    A speech by Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.

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

  • Reforms will tacklepoverty and get Britain working again

    Radical welfare reform programme designed to tackle entrenched poverty and end the curse of intergenerational worklessness.

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

  • Fraud and Error in the Benefit System: October 2008 to September 2009

    Estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system are published today in a National Statistics report.

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

  • Welfare for the 21st Century

    Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP.

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

  • Young Person's Guarantee Official Statistics

    This release contains official statistics on the Future Jobs Fund element of the Young Person’s Guarantee, October 2009 to January 2010.

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

  • Queen's Speech: Welfare Reform Bill

    Notes on the Welfare Reform Bill proposed in the 2010 Queen's Speech.

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

  • Queen's Speech: Tax and benefit system

    Notes on: "The tax and benefits system will be made fairer and simpler."

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

  • Government response to Households Below Average Income figures

    The latest Households Below Average Income figures were published today. The statistics cover the UK income distribution in 2008/09.

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