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The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has delivered an oral statement setting out the benefits of welfare reform (check against delivery).
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
For the first time members will be given powers to hold their pension schemes to account over how social and environmental factors impact their investments.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Rt Hon Esther McVey, has announced that Professor Sir Ian Diamond has been appointed the next Chair of SSAC.
Britain has a joint record high employment rate of 75.6% with 32.39 million people now in work according to the latest official statistics.
Sir Hector Sants has been appointed as chair of the Single Financial Guidance Body.
The unemployment rate in Britain remains at a 40-year low, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
New figures released today show that 48,000 households have moved into work after being subject to the benefit cap.
Support for children who may otherwise be in local authority care is to be extended in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit.
Official figures out today show that the employment rate is at 75.4% – up 0.8 percentage points from 74.6% a year ago and the highest since records began.
People in receipt of Housing Benefit will receive an extra 2 weeks' support with their rent when they move onto Universal Credit from today (11 April 2018).
The employment rate is at 75.3% – up from 74.6% compared to a year ago and the joint highest since records began.
Hundreds of disabled employees are to benefit from a £15,000 rise on Access to Work grants.
Number of workless households falls by 881,000 since 2010 and 53,000 on the year.
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.
Peter Schofield has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary on Sir Robert Devereux’s retirement later this month.
The Queen has approved a number of appointments to government.
Over 65,000 businesses have been set up with government backing from the New Enterprise Allowance.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Young UK women are putting their European counterparts to shame.
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