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From Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
  • Employment rate at new record high

    Official figures, released by the Office for National Statistics today, report that the overall employment rate is at 75.7%, a new record high.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Sir Paul Kenny appointed as an HSE Board Member

    The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has announced the appointment of Sir Paul Kenny as a member of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Chief Executive Officer of the Single Financial Guidance Body appointed

    The Department for Work and Pensions has appointed John Govett as the first Chief Executive Officer of the new Single Financial Guidance Body (SFGB).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Universal Credit and National Audit Office report

    The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made a statement to the House today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Universal Credit and recent welfare changes

    The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has delivered an oral statement setting out the benefits of welfare reform (check against delivery).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Billions invested by pension schemes to be used for social good under new regulations

    For the first time members will be given powers to hold their pension schemes to account over how social and environmental factors impact their investments.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Social Security Advisory Committee: Professor Sir Ian Diamond appointed as next Chair

    The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Rt Hon Esther McVey, has announced that Professor Sir Ian Diamond has been appointed the next Chair of SSAC.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Employment rate remains at record high

    Britain has a joint record high employment rate of 75.6% with 32.39 million people now in work according to the latest official statistics.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Chair of the Single Financial Guidance Body appointed

    Sir Hector Sants has been appointed as chair of the Single Financial Guidance Body.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unemployment rate lowest in over 40 years

    The unemployment rate in Britain remains at a 40-year low, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Benefit cap leading to “working role-models in families”: Esther McVey

    New figures released today show that 48,000 households have moved into work after being subject to the benefit cap.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More support for non-parental carers

    Support for children who may otherwise be in local authority care is to be extended in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Employment rate reaches another new record high

    Official figures out today show that the employment rate is at 75.4% – up 0.8 percentage points from 74.6% a year ago and the highest since records began.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Rent boost for millions of claimants moving onto Universal Credit

    People in receipt of Housing Benefit will receive an extra 2 weeks' support with their rent when they move onto Universal Credit from today (11 April 2018).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Employment rate reaches joint record high

    The employment rate is at 75.3% – up from 74.6% compared to a year ago and the joint highest since records began.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Grant to support disabled people in the workplace rises by over a third

    Hundreds of disabled employees are to benefit from a £15,000 rise on Access to Work grants.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Number of children in workless households down over half a million since 2010

    Number of workless households falls by 881,000 since 2010 and 53,000 on the year.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • First Universal Credit payment paid quicker

    Universal Credit will be paid sooner to new claimants from today (14 February 2018).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • 45,000 households move off benefit cap and into work

    Some 45,000 households have had someone move into work and so are no longer subject to the benefit cap, new statistics out today show.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Number in employment reaches record high

    Official figures released today (24 January 2018) show that the employment rate is at a joint record high of 75.3%, with a record 32.2 million people in work.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government