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Amber Rudd talks about the future of the Labour Market at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Amber Rudd will host the first ever youth employment roadshow in Hastings to help young jobseekers into the world of work.
The Work and Pensions Secretary has announced new measures to support disabled people, including stopping unnecessary reassessments for disabled pensioners.
The Work and Pensions Secretary's speech announcing new measures to support disabled people, including stopping unnecessary reassessments for disabled pensioners.
Latest statistics show 140,000 Housing Benefit households and 9,900 Universal Credit households are no longer subject to the benefit cap
Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd will visit Harlow Jobcentre Plus in Essex today to see how Universal Credit is working for people across the UK.
A letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019.
The government announced today changes to benefits for mixed age couples that will be introduced from 15 May 2019.
Correspondence between SSAC and DWP about The Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018.
Jobseekers have set up more than 26,000 new businesses under the New Enterprise Allowance scheme.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made a statement to the House today.
The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)'s independent report on Universal Credit managed migration has been published.
New figures show that around 54,000 households are no longer subject to the benefit cap, indicating more people are entering work or taking on more hours.
The number of children in the UK living in long-term workless households is down 580,000 since 2010, falling to its lowest level in more than a decade.
The employment rate is at 75.3% – up from 74.6% compared to a year ago and the joint highest since records began.
Official figures released today show that the unemployment rate remains at a near-record low of 4.4%, with the employment rate at a near-record high of 75.2%.
Universal Credit will be paid sooner to new claimants from today (14 February 2018).
Some 45,000 households have had someone move into work and so are no longer subject to the benefit cap, new statistics out today show.
Official figures released today (24 January 2018) show that the employment rate is at a joint record high of 75.3%, with a record 32.2 million people in work.
Recipients of Universal Credit full service who are self-employed can now receive business mentoring if their earnings are low.
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