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Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a new ministerial team for international development.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Entrepreneurial jobseekers have launched nearly 85,000 new businesses through a government scheme to boost self-employment and drive innovation.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
New figures released today (13 April 2016) show that more people from ethnic minority backgrounds are in work since records began in 2001.
Parents on Universal Credit will now be able to claim back 85% of their childcare costs when they move into work – up from 70%.
More than 80,000 businesses have been set up by jobseekers through the New Enterprise Allowance.
Through the Work Programme, a total of 503,000 jobseekers have found work lasting 3 months or longer.
Private sector employment over 26 million, unemployment rate at 5.1% and the claimant count at its lowest level in over 40 years.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid has said that businesses must do more to help BME workers access the labour market.
The majority of entrepreneurial jobseekers who became their own boss thanks to a government scheme are still in business, more than a year after launching their start-up.
Employment Minister Priti Patel launches the £2.5 billion European Social Fund (ESF) programme for England at Styal prison in Cheshire.
The UK has its highest ever employment rate of 74% with a record 31.4 million people in work.
Ground-breaking government scheme to provide expert employment support to young people launched by Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel.
More than three-quarters of a million people who were long-term unemployed have found a job through the government’s Work Programme.
The UK employment rate reaches new record high of 73.9% and over half a million more people are in work compared to this time last year.
Minister Priti Patel urged the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) to be ambitious and innovative when helping people into work.
The number of women in employment has hit a record 14.6 million, with nearly 1 million (975,000) more women in work than 5 years ago.
Latest government figures show that employment by small businesses has increased by 1,618,000 over the last 5 years.
Priti Patel MP spoke to members of the 5% Club about the benefits of apprenticeships to young people and businesses.
The government is helping more young people achieve their potential – and youth unemployment is now lower than it was in 2010.
The UK employment rate has risen to a new record high of 73.7%, and average pay has grown 3% over the last year.
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