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Improvements to the Work Capability Assessment will mean more people suffering from cancer will get the unconditional help they need.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Almost half of ex-Remploy factory workers who have taken up the Government’s employment support package have found work or are in training.
A speech by Lord Freud , Minister for Welfare Reform.
Unemployment has fallen below 2.5 million and is now lower than in Spring 2010, according to official figures released today.
A speech by Mark Hoban MP, Minister for Employment.
Nearly three in ten people being assessed for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are now getting unconditional support, according to figures…
Part-time workers could receive monthly statements telling them how much better off they would be if they increased their hours.
A speech by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.
British businesses will be helped to tackle long-term sickness absence in the workplace.
The Coalition Government’s plans to simplify the state pension system with the creation of the “Single Tier” pension, have been published.
The Minister for Welfare Reform, Lord Freud, announced Matthew Oakley as a new appointment to the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).
Benefit Cap roll out will start in April in Bromley, Croydon, Enfield and Haringey and rolled out across the country throughout the summer.
Ministers laid the Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill before Parliament today.
Disabled people receiving care and support to lead independent lives will from 2015 do so under one local streamlined system.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today published the latest findings from the Direct Payment Demonstration Projects.
Speech by Esther McVey MP.
Today Ministers confirmed the final elements of Universal Credit, making clear that 3 million families will be better off.
Correspondence relating to the consultation on the draft Universal Credit and related regulations (2012).
People on sickness benefits now able to take part in voluntary work experience to help them move towards a job.
Benefit fraud fell last year - but more action is needed to stop the £1.2bn cost to the taxpayer each year.
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