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The UK’s employment rate has hit another record high, rising to 74.1%.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
David Cameron announces that tens of thousands of people with mental health conditions will be supported to find or return to work.
Universal Credit is now available in 623 jobcentres, helping over a quarter of a million people to find work faster and earn more.
Around 31,000 households who had their benefits capped have moved into work, reduced their Housing Benefit claim or no longer claim it.
Fifteen more jobcentres now offer Universal Credit, with nearly 600 offices live nationwide.
The majority of entrepreneurial jobseekers who became their own boss thanks to a government scheme are still in business, more than a year after launching their start-up.
Museji Ahmed Takolia CBE has been appointed Chair of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS).
Employment Minister Priti Patel launches the £2.5 billion European Social Fund (ESF) programme for England at Styal prison in Cheshire.
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.
DWP is introducing a new video relay service to help British Sign Language (BSL) users easily access government services.
Ground-breaking government scheme to provide expert employment support to young people launched by Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel.
The new State Pension being introduced in April 2016 will make millions of people better off.
More than three-quarters of a million people who were long-term unemployed have found a job through the government’s Work Programme.
We have improved the Sorting out Separation and Child Maintenance Options websites – see how they could help you or someone you know.
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.
New milestone reached with over a quarter of a million claims made to Universal Credit.
A public consultation launched into how the use of aids and appliances is accounted for during assessments for Personal Independence Payment.
Minister Priti Patel urged the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) to be ambitious and innovative when helping people into work.
People claiming Universal Credit are significantly more likely to move into work than those on Jobseeker’s Allowance.
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