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Correspondence between SSAC and DWP about the Universal Credit surplus earnings and self-employed losses for Universal Credit claimants.
Around 900,000 people across the UK could see their Housing Benefit payments rise from April.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Wages for UK workers have continued to grow, as new figures released today show wages have been rising faster than inflation for a year and a half, growing by 1.9% in real terms on last year.
Every jobcentre in the UK will have a trained domestic abuse point of contact by the end of summer, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd will announce today.
Unnecessary reassessments for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) are today (9 July 2019) being scrapped for around 290,000 disabled pensioners.
The government needs to help every worker outperform what society says they should be able to do, no matter their background, says Work and Pensions Secretary at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
Amber Rudd talks about the future of the Labour Market at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Amber Rudd will host the first ever youth employment roadshow in Hastings to help young jobseekers into the world of work.
The Work and Pensions Secretary has announced new measures to support disabled people, including stopping unnecessary reassessments for disabled pensioners.
The Work and Pensions Secretary's speech announcing new measures to support disabled people, including stopping unnecessary reassessments for disabled pensioners.
Latest statistics show 140,000 Housing Benefit households and 9,900 Universal Credit households are no longer subject to the benefit cap
Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd will visit Harlow Jobcentre Plus in Essex today to see how Universal Credit is working for people across the UK.
A letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019.
The government announced today changes to benefits for mixed age couples that will be introduced from 15 May 2019.
Correspondence between SSAC and DWP about The Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018.
Jobseekers have set up more than 26,000 new businesses under the New Enterprise Allowance scheme.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made a statement to the House today.
The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)'s independent report on Universal Credit managed migration has been published.
New figures show that around 54,000 households are no longer subject to the benefit cap, indicating more people are entering work or taking on more hours.
The number of children in the UK living in long-term workless households is down 580,000 since 2010, falling to its lowest level in more than a decade.
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