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  • Employment rate reaches joint record high

    The employment rate is at 75.3% – up from 74.6% compared to a year ago and the joint highest since records began.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Employment remains at near-record high

    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%.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • First Universal Credit payment paid quicker

    Universal Credit will be paid sooner to new claimants from today (14 February 2018).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • 45,000 households move off benefit cap and into work

    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.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Number in employment reaches record high

    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.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Self-employed on Universal Credit to get business support

    Recipients of Universal Credit full service who are self-employed can now receive business mentoring if their earnings are low.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Ministers take action to bolster PIP services

    The government has accepted the recommendations of Paul Gray's second independent review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unemployment remains at four-decade low

    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.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Number of workless households falls by 49,000 in a year

    The number of households where no one is working has fallen by 49,000 in just a year according to official figures released today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More detail on £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit

    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.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unemployment remains at 40-year low

    Official figures show that unemployment has remained at 4.3%, the lowest rate since 1975.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • 39,000 households move into work and off the benefit cap

    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.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guidance updated

    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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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Supported housing update

    The government will publish its future model to support and sustain supported housing on Tuesday 31 October 2017.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unemployment remains at lowest rate since 1975

    Official employment figures released today show that unemployment is at 4.3%, the lowest since 1975.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • DWP customer phone lines to become Freephone

    The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Gauke has today announced DWP customer telephone lines will be changed to Freephone numbers.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Next phase in rollout of Universal Credit confirmed

    The next stage of the rollout of Universal Credit to all claimants starts on Wednesday 4 October 2017.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Benefit reassessments stopped for those most in need

    People suffering from the most severe health conditions or disabilities will no longer be routinely reassessed to continue receiving ESA and UC.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Universal Credit – payments and labour market reports published

    Research shows the vast majority of Universal Credit claimants are paid on time, and the majority of claimants are confident about managing their money.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Employment reaches another record high

    The employment rate is at a record high of 75.3% with a record 32.14 million people in work.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government