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Matt Hancock, Minister for the Cabinet Office, hosts a Job Hack to help young people access training and employment opportunities.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
New rules mean Sikhs across the UK will no longer face the prospect of disciplinary action for wearing turbans in the workplace.
UK Government support has helped 6,900 Scottish benefits claimants start their own business since 2011.
The New Enterprise Allowance has enabled 73,290 business starts since 2011.
There are over 400,000 more people in work than a year ago, and a record number of people working in the private sector.
Employers say they want to help build a fairer society yet few are taking the action needed on recruitment.
Young people make on average around 2,000 starts a week to government work experience or the training element of a sector-based work academy.
Education Secretary calls on councils and childcare providers to come forward as first to deliver 30 hours free childcare in September 2016.
The ‘WE can’ campaign, run with the help of young people so they are job-ready, is backed by 30 businesses and organisations.
Figures released today (15 July 2015) show that real wages have grown again – for the eighth consecutive month.
Latest figures show 6,850 businesses have been created in Scotland under the UK Government's New Enterprise Allowance scheme.
Nearly 70,000 new businesses set up across the UK by go-getting benefit claimants.
The biggest employment programme Britain has ever seen has helped push long-term unemployment to its lowest level in more than 5 years.
Real wages have grown faster than at any point in the last 7 years, official figures out today show.
Seven new projects have been launched today by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), aiming to boost the careers of low paid workers in retail and hospitality sectors.
David Cameron will announce plans to double free childcare for working parents, with some families set to benefit as early as next year.
Iain Duncan Smith was welcomed back as the Secretary of State, alongside Lord Freud who continues as Minister for Welfare Reform.
The number of benefit sanctions has gone down by a third over the past year.
UK employment has reached an all-time high of 73.5% – and over the last year employment growth has outstripped every other major economy.
Decision reaffirms that levy is lawful and will enable levy exemptions to be reinstated. Part of exemption for shale aggregate found to be unlawful.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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