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Government schemes could save UK over £20 billion by getting 5% back to work
October 15th 2025

Government schemes could save UK over £20 billion by getting 5% back to work

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The Government could save upwards of £20 billion and support more than 220,000 people back into employment through return-to-work schemes, according to new analysis.

The report models the potential effectiveness of the Government’s ‘Getting Britain Working’ programmes, showing these savings could be made by the end of this Parliament in 2029 if just 5% of out-of-work people in receipt of Universal Credit returned to work.

The report estimates that:

  • Getting 5%…

Statement from Executive Director Hannah Davies following The Health Foundation report on premature mortality rates
July 8th 2025
Statement from Executive Director Hannah Davies following The Health Foundation…

Today (Tuesday, July 8 2025), The Health Foundation has released…

Northern children facing increasing food insecurity and obesity
July 8th 2025
Northern children facing increasing food insecurity and obesity

Read the report here Families living in areas of higher…

Executive Director of Health Equity North comments on 10 Year Health Plan announcement
July 3rd 2025
Executive Director of Health Equity North comments on 10 Year…

Today (Thursday, July 3, 2025)  the Prime Minister announced details…

Statement: Health Equity North respond to Wes Streeting’s announcement on health investment in poor areas
June 25th 2025
Statement: Health Equity North respond to Wes Streeting’s announcement on…

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting MP has today…

Health Equity North Co-Directors discuss health inequalities at INRICH 2025
June 24th 2025
Health Equity North Co-Directors discuss health inequalities at INRICH 2025

Two Health Equity North Academic co-directors presented at the 16th…

Older northerners struggle with “alarming” inequalities compared to people from the South
June 23rd 2025
Older northerners struggle with “alarming” inequalities compared to people from…

Older people in the North of England are more likely…

BMJ article published “Unfair welfare: disability cuts will widen England’s north-south divide”
June 16th 2025
BMJ article published “Unfair welfare: disability cuts will widen England’s…

Health Equity North directors and member representatives have published an…

BLOG – Spending Review 2025: what this means for children in the North 
June 12th 2025
BLOG – Spending Review 2025: what this means for children…

By Alexis Darby, Head of Public Affairs, Health Equity North …

BLOG: Poverty has no return on investment – why the two-child limit MUST be scrapped
June 10th 2025
BLOG: Poverty has no return on investment – why the…

As part of the government’s wide-reaching welfare reform agenda in…

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