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New milestone reached with 568 jobcentres offering the new benefit.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Over 4,300 new businesses started with the support of the New Enterprise Allowance
More than three-quarters of a million people who were long-term unemployed have found a job through the government’s Work Programme.
The UK employment rate reaches new record high of 73.9% and over half a million more people are in work compared to this time last year.
People claiming Universal Credit are significantly more likely to move into work than those on Jobseeker’s Allowance.
The government is helping more young people achieve their potential – and youth unemployment is now lower than it was in 2010.
More jobcentres across Britain now offer Universal Credit as 12 more offices take new claims from today.
More jobcentres across Britain now offer Universal Credit as 17 more sites start taking new claims from today.
Universal Credit reaches 492 jobcentres as 22 more start taking new claims from today (Monday 9 November 2015).
Fraud and error in the benefit system has dropped to the lowest level ever, falling by £350 million last year.
Universal Credit is available in 16 more from jobcentres from today (Monday 2 November).
Correspondence between SSAC and the Minister for Welfare Reform about changes to support for mortgage interest.
Over 450 jobcentres now offer Universal Credit as 25 more start taking new claims from today (26 October 2015).
The Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson, calls on politicians to help more disabled jobseekers into work.
Today (12 October 2015) 15 more jobcentres start offering Universal Credit – the new benefit that means you are better off in work.
Today 13 more jobcentres start offering Universal Credit – the new benefit that means you are better off in work.
Today 15 more jobcentres start offering Universal Credit – the new benefit means that you are better off in work.
Today, 25 more jobcentres start offering Universal Credit from Durham to Reading.
Universal Credit will be in three-quarters of all jobcentres by Christmas, as the next phase of the national rollout begins today.
Almost 12.5 million older people across the UK benefitted from a Winter Fuel Payment last winter, new figures published today show.
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