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  • Disabled people in apprenticeships triples in 10 years

    The number of disabled people in apprenticeships has more than tripled in the last 10 years.

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

  • Is your town leading the way on older workers?

    New figures reveal Watford, north Dorset and the Shetland Islands are leading the way against outdated stereotypes of older workers.

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

  • Workplace pensions becoming ‘social norm’

    Saving into a workplace pension is becoming more of a social norm, new research shows.

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

  • Troubled Families programme expanded to help younger children

    Expansion of the Troubled Families programme to help vulnerable younger children from struggling homes get a better chance in life.

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

  • New State Pension: 600 days to go

    Today (15 August 2014) marks 600 days until the start of the new State Pension – on 6 April 2016.

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

  • 10,000 jumbo jets fly towards better retirement with automatic enrolment

    Four million people have now been automatically enrolled in workplace pensions – an increase of over 1 million this year or over 6,000 a day on average.

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

  • Record fall in youth unemployment

    Youth unemployment has seen the largest annual fall since records began alongside the steepest annual fall in unemployment in 25 years.

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

  • New child maintenance system fit for the 21st century starts today

    The last of a series of radical changes to the child maintenance system is implemented today (11 August 2014).

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

  • Take action now to safeguard your retirement: Pensions Minister

    11.9m people in the UK are failing to save enough for retirement but many only need make modest changes to safeguard their financial future.

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

  • Benefit cap: 10,000 people find jobs or stop claiming Housing Benefit

    Almost 10,000 people who had their benefits capped have now moved into work or stopped claiming Housing Benefit entirely.

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

  • New members of the Social Security Advisory Committee announced

    Minister for Welfare Reform, Lord Freud, has announced 6 appointments to the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).

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

  • Health and Work Service supplier announced

    The government’s new Health and Work Service in England and Wales will be delivered by Health Management Limited, a MAXIMUS company, it was announced today (25 July 2014).

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

  • Government response: SSAC report on the cumulative impact of welfare reform

    A letter from the Minister for Welfare Reform to the chair of SSAC responding to the SSAC report on the cumulative impact of welfare reform.

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

  • Boost for Remploy Employment Services

    Remploy Employment Services will become independent of government so it can expand its business to help even more disabled people into work.

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

  • Government to update communications with benefit claimants

    The government is updating the way it talks to benefit claimants following an independent review of Jobseeker's Allowance sanctions.

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

  • Access to Housing Benefit for EEA jobseekers: interim response to SSAC consultation

    An interim response from the Secretary of State to the consultation on regulations removing access to Housing Benefit for EEA jobseekers.

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

  • 150 job or training placements for disabled people every working day

    The Prime Minister hails new figures on the first anniversary of Disability Confident campaign, as over 1,000 British businesses sign up to the campaign.

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

  • Scottish independence referendum: jobs and pension factsheet

    UK Government launches ‘In the Know’ jobs and pensions pack as job figures reveal record number of Scots in work.

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

  • Universal Credit to take the first new claims for couples

    Universal Credit will be extended again today (30 June 2014) as the service opens up to new claims from couples.

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

  • Employment rate matches record high

    Nearly a million more people are in work compared to a year ago, and the employment rate has never been higher, new official figures show.

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