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Stephen Crabb MP: "It's good to see unemployment falling again in Wales."
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Nearly a million more people are in work compared to a year ago, and the employment rate has never been higher, new official figures show.
Jobseekers to get extra help to get online and manage their finances on a monthly basis to prepare for the world of work under Universal Credit.
Announcing local support for jobseekers to help prepare for Universal Credit.
DWP response to the High Court judgment on Hewstone.
DWP response to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on the Work Programme.
More than 拢20 million specifically earmarked to help people adapt to welfare reforms was not spent by local authorities last year.
Universal Credit, the government鈥檚 flagship welfare reform, will expand rapidly throughout the rest of 2014.
Around 2,000 businesses a month have been set up over the past year by people who have moved from claiming benefits to being their own boss.
Minister for Pensions Steve Webb launches a new action plan to help older workers stay in the workplace
A record employment rise saw nearly 5,500 more people in work every working day over the last 3 months.
Interactive TV, smartphone apps and social media has been used to view over 100,000 pages of Universal Credit information.
Launch of a consultation on the government鈥檚 intention to extend the number of days a claimant must wait before they are entitled to get certain benefits.
Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance and Income Support fraud and error overpayments are at their lowest recorded levels.
Employment has seen the largest quarterly rise since records began and the unemployment rate has fallen again to a new 5-year low.
More than 100 people affected by the benefit cap have moved into work every week on average since the introduction of the policy last April.
皇冠体育app expansion of the full Universal Credit benefit to the rest of the north west of England will start in June.
635,000 claimants have signed new agreements setting out what they will do to find work in return for their benefits.
Nearly half (45%) of those affected by the benefit cap say that they plan to look for work as a result.
Creating conditions for businesses to grow, resulting in jobs, and welfare reform to get people into work.
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