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The government has today announced millions of pounds of new measures to tackle unemployment amongst the over 50s on benefits.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Half a million people have been supported into work in less than 6 months thanks to “Way to Work”, a government drive to get jobseekers into vacancies.
1,000 women have got jobs in the construction and engineering sector, thanks to a partnership between DWP and Women into Construction.
The Civil Service signed the Menopause Workplace pledge today, committing to recognise the impact of menopause and actively support women who are affected.
Thousands more jobseekers are being supported into new jobs, to increase their hours and forge a career through tailored face-to-face job support.
Energy Minister Greg Hands co-chaired the first meeting of the country’s first ever dedicated group for creating UK green job opportunities.
Over a million jobseekers could benefit from extra training following the latest changes to Universal Credit, helping fill vacancies from the care sector to the engineering industry.
Correspondence between SSAC and the Minister for Employment about the Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
Independent Green Jobs Taskforce issues call to action on how the UK can deliver a green industrial revolution with government, business and the education sector working together.
From Dundee to Swansea and in London boroughs, young people across all corners of Great Britain are now benefitting from new specialist employment support and advice from local Youth Hubs.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has partnered with Google to provide 9,000 jobseekers across the UK with scholarships to gain a Google Career Certificate.
The recruitment is a further boost for the government’s Plan for Jobs, which aims to help people of all ages move into work.
Millions of jobseekers will be able to access longer work-related training while in receipt of benefits to boost their chances of finding employment.
The Minister for Employment has announced 80 new temporary jobcentres.
Thousands of jobseekers in Wales have used support from their local Jobcentre and the New Enterprise Allowance scheme to launch their own business.
A decade of UK Government support leads to more than 13,000 new businesses launched by jobseekers in Scotland
The Minister for Employment urges world leaders to make inclusion central to repairing national economies, warning Covid-19 risks eroding progress made on gender and youth employment targets.
Today’s figures from the Office for National Statistics show more people in work, while wages have now been outpacing inflation for 2 years.
The UK jobs market continues to boom, as the first set of employment figures since leaving the EU show the number in work has reached a new record high.
The new record high employment rate is at 76.3%, with the unemployment rate not lower since 1974. Wage growth has outpaced inflation for the 22nd consecutive month.
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