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The Minister for Employment today welcomed a further rise in employment but urged caution in light of economic challenges ahead.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Today, a crucial step towards reforming the welfare state will be made as the detail behind the Welfare Reform Act 2012 is published.
Following an open competition, Paul Gray has been selected.
Independent research into housing benefit reform is published today.
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pension.
A speech by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.
The Government has today announced a £5million expansion of the Mandatory Work Activity scheme.
Young people will receive greater incentives to get into work under Universal Credit.
4,560 businesses have been launched thanks to a Government scheme to help entrepreneurial jobseekers.
A speech by the Rt Hon Chris Grayling: Minister for Employment.
Since The Queen ascended the throne 60 years ago, the structure of British society has shifted. The number of pensioners has doubled.
Universal Credit will go live in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire region in April 2013 - six months before the national roll-out.
A new wage incentive scheme to encourage employers to give young disabled people further work opportunities is being announced today.
Disabled People’s User-Led Organisations (DPULOs) have benefited from £509,124 of extra Government money.
From today, lone parents will start getting the help they need to look for work earlier rather than stay on benefits.
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
New fraud and error figures show why fundamental reform of the benefits system is so vital.
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