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  • DFID and Karandaaz bring Credit Enhancement Facility to Pakistan for Infrastructure Projects

    The Pakistan Credit Enhancement Facility (PCEF) was introduced to public and private sector stakeholders in a conference co-hosted by Karandaaz Pakistan and UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in Islamabad.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Secretary of State urges parents not to “miss out” on National Insurance credits

    Parents and carers should make sure they are getting National Insurance credits which may improve their State Pension income.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • All supported housing funding to be retained in welfare system

    Housing benefit will be kept in place for all those living in supported housing, the government has announced.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More than a million people still to need to renew their tax credits

    With a week to go before the renewal deadline, a million customers still need to complete their tax credits renewal, HMRC has announced.

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  • ‘Open HMRC’ — Alexa helps tax credits customers

    HMRC is reminding customers to renew as the deadline approaches, and outlining the new technology that can help.

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  • Employment rate reaches joint record high

    The employment rate is at 75.3% – up from 74.6% compared to a year ago and the joint highest since records began.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Employment remains at near-record high

    Official figures released today show that the unemployment rate remains at a near-record low of 4.4%, with the employment rate at a near-record high of 75.2%.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • First Universal Credit payment paid quicker

    Universal Credit will be paid sooner to new claimants from today (14 February 2018).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Tax-Free Childcare opens to all eligible families

    Working parents could save thousands of pounds per year on childcare.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • 45,000 households move off benefit cap and into work

    Some 45,000 households have had someone move into work and so are no longer subject to the benefit cap, new statistics out today show.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Number in employment reaches record high

    Official figures released today (24 January 2018) show that the employment rate is at a joint record high of 75.3%, with a record 32.2 million people in work.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Self-employed on Universal Credit to get business support

    Recipients of Universal Credit full service who are self-employed can now receive business mentoring if their earnings are low.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Ministers take action to bolster PIP services

    The government has accepted the recommendations of Paul Gray's second independent review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Child maintenance consultation launched

    Tough new powers to help tackle child maintenance arrears are being proposed in a consultation that launched today (14 December 2017).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unemployment remains at four-decade low

    Unemployment is at just 4.3%, the lowest level since 1975 – and official figures have shown a fall in the unemployment rate every month in 2017.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Appointments to the Social Security Advisory Committee

    The Baroness Buscombe, Minister for Work and Pensions (Lords), has confirmed 2 new appointments to the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Number of workless households falls by 49,000 in a year

    The number of households where no one is working has fallen by 49,000 in just a year according to official figures released today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More detail on £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit

    More details of the £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit were set out today by David Gauke, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unemployment remains at 40-year low

    Official figures show that unemployment has remained at 4.3%, the lowest rate since 1975.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • In-work progression and Universal Credit: SSAC report published

    The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) calls for a better understanding of how low-paid workers can progress to better-paid jobs or extra hours.

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