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Setting out a vision for Britain’s welfare state.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Latest analysis shows almost a million people who applied for sickness benefit have instead been found fit for work.
How welfare has changed in the last 4 years.
The Department for Work and Pensions will start to introduce alternative 0345 phone numbers for its major call lines from March 2014.
New figures show that 2,960 people started claiming Universal Credit in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire areas from April 2013 to the end of October 2013.
The number of people in a job rose 280,000 in the last 3 months – the largest quarterly increase since records began.
New migrant jobseekers from the European Economic Area (EEA) will no longer be able to get Housing Benefit from April 2014.
Small disability groups could boost their chances of getting funding and improve their services thanks to new government help.
Tougher penalties are being handed out to employers who breach serious health and safety laws following a change in approach to prosecutions.
Latest figures show fraud and error in the benefit system stands at 2.1% of overall welfare expenditure.
Information about Universal Credit and finding work is now available by hitting the red button on the TV remote control.
Personal Independence Payment rolls out to existing claimants of Disability Living Allowance in Scotland.
New figures show almost 33,000 households had their benefits capped by November 2013.
Tackling poverty and promoting a strong, cohesive society through strengthening families and the instituion of marriage.
Partha Dasgupta, Chair of The Pensions Advisory Service, to stand down in September.
Disabled people are moving into jobs, training or work placements at a rate of more than 100 placements every working day.
A new benefit fraud and error advertising campaign will be launched today (3 January 2014).
Tough new rules come into force to ensure that migrants don’t take advantage of the British benefits system.
More than 74,000 young jobseekers have escaped long-term unemployment and found lasting work.
Tens of millions of pounds specifically ring-fenced to help people adapt to welfare reforms this year is still available through local authorities.
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