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  1. Read more about help available for jobseekers to set up businesses through the New Enterprise Allowance: ow.ly/bid4b 4:43 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite
  2. A tapas restaurant, tattoo parlour & removals company among 4,560 businesses set up by jobseekers with Gov't help : ow.ly/bicSh 4:42 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite
  3. Lord Freud talks to @insidehousing about #UniversalCredit, #ukhousing sector & welfare reform: ow.ly/bgAPC 5:14 AM May 31st via HootSuite
  4. Lord Freud: Digital & financial inclusion at heart of Universal Credit #GoONND2012 ow.ly/bfn1f 9:03 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  5. Employment Minister Chris Grayling’s full #WorkProgramme speech today now online: ow.ly/beYNT 5:35 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  6. Chris Grayling’s full speech at the Institute of Economic Affairs 1 year since the start of #WorkProgramme will be online later today. 4:15 AM May 30th via web
  7. Grayling - it’s early days, job market is still difficult, but it’s been a decent start. #WorkProgramme. 4:14 AM May 30th via web
  8. Chris Grayling says in speech today that number of people placed in jobs through #WorkProgramme is “well on the way to 100,000”. 4:14 AM May 30th via web
  9. In 1952 there were only 300 centenarians in England & Wales. Find out how many there are now: ow.ly/bdfRb #DiamondJubilee 5:35 AM May 29th via HootSuite
  10. Pensions Minister Steve Webb will answer @ftmoney readers’ questions on pensions policy. Email money@ft.com, answers published 9 June. 10:10 AM May 25th via web
  11. Lord Freud: social #ukhousing sector central to welfare reform success - National Housing Federation speech. ow.ly/b7zxe 5:58 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  12. #UniversalCredit to start six months early in Greater Manchester & Cheshire region in April 2013: ow.ly/b7vQK 5:06 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  13. Re @TheTimes story, p12, claiming Iain Duncan Smith has set up review of Work Programme – this story is not true, there is no review. 3:57 AM May 24th via web
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