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The unemployment rate in Britain remains at a 40-year low, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
New figures released today show that 48,000 households have moved into work after being subject to the benefit cap.
Support for children who may otherwise be in local authority care is to be extended in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit.
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.
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).
The employment rate is at 75.3% – up from 74.6% compared to a year ago and the joint highest since records began.
Hundreds of disabled employees are to benefit from a £15,000 rise on Access to Work grants.
Number of workless households falls by 881,000 since 2010 and 53,000 on the year.
Universal Credit will be paid sooner to new claimants from today (14 February 2018).
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.
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.
Peter Schofield has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary on Sir Robert Devereux’s retirement later this month.
All customer phone lines to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have become Freephone numbers.
The review of automatic enrolment includes major recommendations that will set millions of people on the path to a more financially secure retirement.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Gauke's speech on the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge report at the London School of Economics.
Ambitious plans aimed to get one million more disabled people in work over the next 10 years have been set out today (30 November) by ministers.
The government has launched new plans to transform disability employment over the next ten years.
More details of the £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit were set out today by David Gauke, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
The First Secretary of State Damian Green hosted a GREAT Inverness Loch Ness tourism reception in Inverness.
The number of households coming off the benefit cap and going into work has reached 39,000, up 5,000 on the last quarter, new figures show.
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