A new more generous benefit planned for jobseekers could save up to £3bn a year as part of a shake-up of the welfare system, according to analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The unemployment rate in the UK in the second quarter of 2016 was the lowest in more than a decade, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics released today.
The government’s flagship Universal Credit welfare reform will be available in three-quarters of all jobcentres by Christmas under the next phase of its national rollout, ministers have said.
