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The government announced today changes to benefits for mixed age couples that will be introduced from 15 May 2019.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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.
The employment rate is at 75.3% – up from 74.6% compared to a year ago and the joint highest since records began.
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%.
Universal Credit will be paid sooner to new claimants from today (14 February 2018).
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.
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.
Recipients of Universal Credit full service who are self-employed can now receive business mentoring if their earnings are low.
The government has accepted the recommendations of Paul Gray's second independent review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
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.
The number of households where no one is working has fallen by 49,000 in just a year according to official figures released today.
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.
Official figures show that unemployment has remained at 4.3%, the lowest rate since 1975.
The number of households coming off the benefit cap and going into work has reached 39,000, up 5,000 on the last quarter, new figures show.
The PIP guidance now reflects a recent legal decision on the interpretation of people’s needs for supervision in order to carry out activities safely.
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