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Latest figures show over 2,000 more disabled people got the support they needed to get or keep their job, compared with this time last year.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance fell dramatically over the last month, by more than 40,000.
Latest Office for National Statistics figures show a million more people are in work compared to early 2010.
Kevin Cunnington appointed as the new Director General for Digital Transformation.
New jobseekers will have to account more clearly for their efforts to find work to get their benefit.
David McArthur, account manager at Bournemouth Jobcentre Plus, awarded Honorary Fellowship by the Institute of Recruitment Professionals.
Changes to automatic enrolment rules to help employers.
Peter Cooke has been reappointed as a trustee of the Independent Living Fund.
Independent research published on public view about the benefit cap.
In the first year of a new scheme to get workers saving for retirement, over 1.6 million people have enrolled.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has unveiled his new ministerial team.
The proportion of claims made online has more than doubled in a year – saving money and paving the way for Universal Credit.
A speech on the progress of welfare reforms by Lord Freud, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Welfare Reform.
Some Jobseeker's Allowance claimants will have to take part in supervised jobsearch activity in a new trial to be introduced in 2014.
The £500 a week benefit cap is in place across the country and a major welfare reform has been successfully delivered.
Latest published figures show over 168,000 jobseekers have escaped long-term unemployment and found lasting work through the Work Programme.
Matthew Oakley appointed to carry out an independent review of benefit sanctions for the government.
New legislation to ban consultancy charges in automatic enrolment schemes in force from 14 September 2013.
Extra financial support for British entrepreneurs to start a business is now available through Start-Up Loans and New Enterprise Allowance.
Latest official figures published on Winter Fuel Payments made last winter.
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