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  • 53,000 troubled families' lives turned around

    Councils have been praised for turning around the lives of almost 53,000 troubled families in little over 2 years.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DWP response to the High Court judgment on Hewstone

    DWP response to the High Court judgment on Hewstone.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sir Peter Barclay, SSAC's second chairman, has died

    It is with some sadness that the committee notes that Sir Peter Barclay, aged 88 years, died on 30 June.

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  • Tax credits online renewal form launched

    With the tax credits renewal deadline of 31 July less than one month away, HMRC has launched a new online service for the vast majority of claimants to use.

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  • DWP response to the National Audit Office report on the Work Programme

    DWP response to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on the Work Programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Statistics release: households below average incomes

    The number of people in relative poverty has fallen by 100,000 over the past year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fairness for families, children and taxpayers as new child maintenance system is launched

    A new child maintenance system will support more families to work together and maintain a subsidised service for those who really need it.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cadets aim to raise £1 million for tree project honouring war dead

    Dozens of cadets will stand side-by-side in woodland poppy fields to mark the start of a £1 million First World War fundraising challenge.

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  • The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2013: SSAC correspondence

    Correspondence relating to the Committee’s scrutiny of The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2013 and Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

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  • Child poverty strategy launched

    Supporting families into work, improving living standards and raising educational attainment are the fundamental aims set out in the government’s child poverty strategy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Welfare reforms boost skills training by 40%

    Welfare reforms have boosted the number of benefit claimants training to improve their skills by almost 40%.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £20 million support for welfare reform claimants unspent

    More than £20 million specifically earmarked to help people adapt to welfare reforms was not spent by local authorities last year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Flying the Armed Forces Day flag

    Hundreds of locations across the UK have kick-started their Armed Forces Day celebrations by raising the flag.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • North west Universal Credit expansion

    Universal Credit, the government’s flagship welfare reform, will expand rapidly throughout the rest of 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Uniform to Work Day

    Reservists will ditch their civilian clothes on Uniform to Work Day next week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Budding entrepreneurs helped off benefits

    Around 2,000 businesses a month have been set up over the past year by people who have moved from claiming benefits to being their own boss.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tax credits claimants warned over scam emails

    Tax credits claimants are being warned about scam or “phishing” emails sent out by fraudsters in the run-up to the 31 July renewal deadline.

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  • Minister welcomes sharp fall in appeals against benefit decisions

    The number of benefit decision appeals dropped by 79% to 32,546 between January and March 2014, compared to same time last year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Helping business to wake up to older workers' untapped potential

    Minister for Pensions Steve Webb launches a new action plan to help older workers stay in the workplace

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Improving economy sees 2 million more private sector jobs

    A record employment rise saw nearly 5,500 more people in work every working day over the last 3 months.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government