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  • Social investment

    Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

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

  • Extra Housing Benefit support for Londoners

    An extra £5.9m of Government funding has been allocated to councils in London to help benefit claimants renting in the private sector. …

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

  • Universal Credit - weapon against benefit fraudsters

    Universal Credit will reduce fraud and error in the benefits system, Ministers said today.

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

  • Hate crime speech

    Speech by Maria Miller MP.

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

  • First Work Programme statistics released

    Today the Department for Work and Pensions has published official statistics for Work Programme referrals and attachments.

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

  • Warning for 'living together' fraudsters as justten cases cost the taxpayer over £1m

    People who commit ‘living together’ benefit fraud are being warned they face tough new sanctions under the welfare reform bill.

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

  • Cash injection for business to boost youth jobs

    The Deputy Prime Minister is calling on businesses to sign up to the government’s flagship £1 billion Youth Contract.

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

  • Removing the sickness benefit trap

    The latest figures show that 57 per cent of people who go through the Work Capability Assessment are found fit for some form of work.

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

  • Putting children first – £20 million to help separating families

    An extra £20 million will be made available to support separated and separating families.

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

  • Departmental Response to NAO Report on the Work Programme

    The Work Programme is designed to deliver a step change in our support of people who are at risk of long term unemployment.

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

  • Government perspectives on employment

    Speech by the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP.

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

  • Government publishes overseas benefit claimant research

    The Government has published the first detailed research tracking the country of origin of benefit claimants currently in the UK.

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

  • Eric Pickles sees family intervention in action in Devon

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles saw efforts to turn around troubled families when he visited two Family Intervention Projects in Devon today…

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

  • Councils and housing associations to test direct payments of housing cost support

    Local authority and housing association partnerships to work with on pioneering housing benefit payments projects.

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

  • Rise in unemployment driven by more people entering the labour market: redundancy levels and JSA claims stabilising

    New figures published by the Office for National Statistics today show 29.12 million people in work, a rise of 18,000.

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

  • £200 million payment by results scheme to help troubled families

    The Government has today announced a new £200 million outreach service to help England’s most troubled families.

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

  • Reappointment of Chairman of Remploy Ltd

    Ian Russell, CBE has been reappointed for a further five years as Chairman of Remploy when his current appointment ends on 7 January 2012.

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

  • Making the WCA work better for cancer patients

    Consultation on reforming the Work Capability Assessment.

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

  • Tackling troubled families

    Plans to radically transform the lives of the country’s most troubled families were today announced by the Prime Minister David Cameron and …

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

  • Lone Parent Obligations: work, childcare and the JSA regime

    Findings are published today from the evaluation of Lone Parent Obligations (LPO).

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