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Lord Freud's, Minister for Welfare Reform, speech to the Local Government Association (LGA) about Universal Credit and Universal Support.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A new milestone has been reached with the unemployment rate falling below 6% for the first time in 6 years.
Over a million jobseekers have signed up to a Claimant Commitment meaning they need to do more to find work or face losing their benefits.
The number of disabled people being supported into jobs through Access to Work is increasing, new figures show.
Plans announced to do more to get some of England’s hardest to help families back to work.
Eighty four per cent of health and safety rules will have been scrapped or improved in this Parliament, freeing employers from unnecessary red tape.
The Minister for Disabled People has appointed 5 new members to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) for 3 years.
An expectation of an £800 a week pension is an example of why teenagers need a wake-up call about the importance of saving for old age.
New government research shows how the way we view retirement is changing, as well as the challenges that older workers can face.
New figures show the average waiting time for disputes against benefit decisions have dropped substantially.
The government is calling on disabled sports fans to share their experiences of viewing live sport at stadiums and sports grounds across Britain.
A series of live radio phone-ins, in which a DWP minister takes calls from listeners on pensions, is to be extended into 2015.
Over 7,500 people celebrated their 100th-plus birthdays in 2014 with a celebratory card from the Queen.
How Jobcentre staff are taking work support direct to jobseekers in unusual locations.
Health and Safety Minister Lord Freud is urging a common sense approach to clearing snow from footpaths and pavements.
The government is rolling out an ‘older workers’ champion scheme across every part of the UK to tackle age discrimination, from April 2015.
Government will target billions of pounds of unrecovered debt through a new joint venture launched today with the private sector.
Over 450 new businesses every week have been set up over the last year thanks to a government scheme.
Full-time jobs accounted for 95% of the rise in employment over the past year, with private sector employment rising by 637,000.
The Work Programme has contributed to bringing the number of long-term unemployed people down to the lowest it has been for 5 years.
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