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Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for a year after a big jump in the number of people who have found work, new figures show.
15 August 2012
The Government wants banks and credit unions to create new current accounts to help benefit claimants better manage their money when its universal credit comes into force next year.
10 July 2012
Hundreds of thousands of hidden carers are missing out on benefits worth thousands of pounds a year.
26 June 2012
David Cameron will discuss slashing benefits for young people today as he warns the welfare system is causing deep social divisions.
25 June 2012
An increase in the minimum wage is required to protect low-income workers from a "perfect storm" of benefit cuts, rising living standards and a lack of jobs, Oxfam warns.
14 June 2012
Retail workers could be better off on the dole because of tax credit changes brought in under the last Budget, a new report claimed this week.
11 June 2012
Half a million people are set to lose their disability benefits under government plans, it has emerged.
15 May 2012
Families with children stand to lose £511 a year on average under tax and benefit changes coming into force from tomorrow, an analysis by a think-tank shows.
5 April 2012
Chancellor George Osborne has partly reversed a planned cut in child benefit, meaning more families will be entitled to help than was originally proposed, though anomalies still exist and confusion still reigns.
22 March 2012
Chancellor George Osborne has partly reversed a planned cut in child benefit, meaning more families will be entitled to help than was originally proposed, though anomalies still exist.
21 March 2012
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