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  • Right to Move: government launches consultation to support social tenants who want to work

    Social tenants who need to move to a new area for work will no longer be pushed to the back of the housing waiting list.

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

  • Unemployment down by 3,000 in Wales

    Baroness Randerson: “These latest figures are another clear sign that the UK government’s long term economic plan is working.”

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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

  • PM Direct in Warrington

    The Prime Minister David Cameron held a Q&A session at United Utilities in Warrington.

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

  • New measures to tighten up the immigration system

    David Cameron and Theresa May have announced changes to universities and colleges seeking sponsor status and European migrants' benefits.

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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Welsh Secretary responds to Labour Market Statistics

    Stephen Crabb MP: "It's good to see unemployment falling again in Wales."

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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

  • Local support announced for jobseekers to help prepare for Universal Credit

    Jobseekers to get extra help to get online and manage their finances on a monthly basis to prepare for the world of work under Universal Credit.

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

  • Partnerships for delivery

    Announcing local support for jobseekers to help prepare for Universal Credit.

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

  • DWP response to the High Court judgment on Hewstone

    DWP response to the High Court judgment on Hewstone.

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

  • DWP response to the National Audit Office report on the Work Programme

    DWP response to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on the Work Programme.

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

  • £20 million support for welfare reform claimants unspent

    More than £20 million specifically earmarked to help people adapt to welfare reforms was not spent by local authorities last year.

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

  • North west Universal Credit expansion

    Universal Credit, the government’s flagship welfare reform, will expand rapidly throughout the rest of 2014.

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

  • Budding entrepreneurs helped off benefits

    Around 2,000 businesses a month have been set up over the past year by people who have moved from claiming benefits to being their own boss.

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

  • Helping business to wake up to older workers' untapped potential

    Minister for Pensions Steve Webb launches a new action plan to help older workers stay in the workplace

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