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Iain Duncan Smith was welcomed back as the Secretary of State, alongside Lord Freud who continues as Minister for Welfare Reform.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
The number of benefit sanctions has gone down by a third over the past year.
UK employment has reached an all-time high of 73.5% – and over the last year employment growth has outstripped every other major economy.
The national roll out of Universal Credit continues today (11 May 2015) with the benefit now available to new single claimants in Richmond, Kirkwall, Lerwick and Stornoway.
New figures show the number of workless households has fallen by more than 600,000 since 2010, the lowest in a decade.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
More than 400,000 long-term unemployed people are now in work because of the Work Programme.
Judges in the country’s highest court have declared that the benefit cap is lawful.
A bold ambition to ensure more disabled people can benefit from the UK’s growing economy and jobs market is behind Access to Work changes.
From today (9 March 2015), new EU migrants who have arrived in the UK will be prevented from claiming benefits until they have started work.
Correspondence between SSAC and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the entitlement of EEA nationals to Universal Credit.
There is a year-on-year increase of the number of disabled people in work of more than 141,000 and 86,000 more disabled women in work.
The national roll out of Universal Credit begins on 16 February 2015.
The benefit cap is encouraging more people to work or stop claiming Housing Benefit.
Parliament is to consider plans to more than double the maximum administrative penalty for benefit fraud from £2,000 to £5,000.
Employment Minister Esther McVey urges people not to hide their accents when looking for work.
Universal Credit will be available to families in more areas across the country, from today.
Lord Freud's, Minister for Welfare Reform, speech to the Local Government Association (LGA) about Universal Credit and Universal Support.
Over a million jobseekers have signed up to a Claimant Commitment meaning they need to do more to find work or face losing their benefits.
New figures show the average waiting time for disputes against benefit decisions have dropped substantially.
Stephen Crabb: "The Work Programme is working for Wales."
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