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Latest statistic show the percentage of individuals and children in relative low income is at its lowest level since the 1980s.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Nearly 70,000 new businesses set up across the UK by go-getting benefit claimants.
The Prime Minister has praised the Troubled Families programme as new figures showed the scale of its unprecedented success.
David Cameron discusses plans to help working families and extend opportunities to all.
Today, 10 more Jobcentres start offering Universal Credit in Scotland, Wales, Nottinghamshire, Suffolk, Hertfordshire and the Black Country.
To support the UK’s armed forces, all government departments across Whitehall will fly the Armed Forces flag throughout Armed Forces Week.
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.
Today Universal Credit is available to more people in 6 more Jobcentres across the country and will make sure work always pays.
This article follows the High Court ruling on the case of 2 disabled people who faced delays waiting for their PIP claims to be processed.
Mr Richard Exell and Mr Paul Faupel have been reappointed to IIAC for a third 3-year term, from 8 June 2015.
All Glasgow Jobcentres now offer Universal Credit, with the new benefit that makes work always pay, available to all new single claimants.
Error and fraud in the tax credits system has been reduced to its lowest level since tax credits were introduced in 2003.
Over the past 27 years the Independent Living Fund (ILF) has provided support to over 46,000 disabled people.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging people to renew their tax credits claim online as soon as possible ahead of the deadline in July.
Universal Credit is now available to more people at 15 more Jobcentres across the country and will make sure work always pays.
David Cameron will announce plans to double free childcare for working parents, with some families set to benefit as early as next year.
Payments to Independent Living Fund (ILF) recipients in Northern Ireland will be administered through the newly created ILF Scotland.
Universal Credit arrives in Banff, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Stirling and Alloa. Learn about how it can benefit you.
The shift towards the localisation of social security means that certain benefits are no longer just a matter for DWP.
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