article_snippet: Along with a report last week showing record numbers in work, Official figures out yesterday provide fresh evidence that Iain Duncan Smith reforms are nudging more welfare claimants into jobs.
article_snippet: The Work and Pensions Secretary's apparent success was obscured however by the fall-out of David Cameron's decision to quit by 2020 – and the continuing focus on politicians' kitchens.
article_snippet: But yesterday's figures from the Office for National Statistics indicate the reforms are helping to switch large numbers of people from a life on welfare handouts to jobs and earnings.
article_snippet: Mr Duncan Smith said: 'The primary aim of our welfare reforms has been to support everyone who is able to work into jobs, to give people the skills as well as the opportunities to be part of the economic recovery.
article_snippet: And we've seen remarkable success – with an average of 1,000 more people in work for every single day that this Government has been in power.
article_snippet: Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said the figures showed that almost 2million people are now enjoying the 'self-esteem and financial security that a job brings' '
article_snippet: And the proportion in social housing where someone does now work with a breadwinner and a role model, is the highest since records began.'
article_snippet: Mr Duncan Smith added: 'Behind the figures are countless stories of hard work and determination.
article_snippet: By sticking to our long-term economic plan our welfare reforms are transforming the lives of some of the poorest families in our communities.'
article_snippet: Last Wednesday, figures revealed that 73.3 per cent of working-age people are employed – the highest rate since records began in 1971.
highlights_snippet: Suggests Work and Pensions Secretary's reforms have been successful .
  