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15 Dec 2013: Proposal emerges among range of measures including tougher employment criteria in leaked government report -
13 Dec 2013:
Harry Stein: Congress failed to extend unemployment benefits, but the budget compromise is a significant step toward sound fiscal policy
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12 Dec 2013:
Martin Weale says impact of forward guidance may be 'negligible' despite recent signs of economic recovery
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10 Dec 2013: Zoe Williams: Don't let the bluster, incompetence and misinformation obscure the Quiet Man's true, Tory purpose: destroying the welfare safety net
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10 Dec 2013: Latest jobs report by Manpower finds employers continuing to hire part-time staff despite optimistic economic forecasts
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9 Dec 2013:
Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including MPs and peers paying tribute to Nelson Mandela and Iain Duncan Smith being questioned by the work and pensions committee about universal credit and the DWP's use of statistics
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9 Dec 2013: Tories creep up on Labour by two points, despite 70% of voters polled by ICM/Guardian saying they have not seen any gains
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8 Dec 2013:
Mariano Rajoy believes his austerity efforts have made sense and that the country can hope for better things in 2014
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8 Dec 2013:
Andrew Fitzgerald: While polls show youth approval of establishment politics dropping, it doesn't mean young Americans won't have an impact
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7 Dec 2013: Nick Cohen: Sneaking out an admission of yet more delays to his grandiose universal credit system comes as no surprise given Iain Duncan Smith's past record
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7 Dec 2013: Jobseekers can bypass the unpopular Universal Jobmatch site with a browser plugin that automatically sends their email to multiple advertisers. Cyber civil disobedience is here. By Alex Hern
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6 Dec 2013:
Mumsnet's Justine Roberts, YouGov's Peter Kellner and the OBR's Robert Chote join Tom Clark to discuss George Osborne's announcements in this year's autumn statement. Plus Seumas Milne and Hugh Muir discuss Nelson Mandela's political legacy
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5 Dec 2013: Unemployed 18 to 21-year-olds without basic maths and English will only get benefits if they undergo 16 hours of training a week
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Guardian Professional, 5 Dec 2013:
The founder of Mazi Mas wants to combine food and feminism – providing long-term unemployed women with the training and confidence to start their own business
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3 Dec 2013:
Middle and lower earners who work for themselves have seen their income fall significantly since the recession began in 2008
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