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Monday, 13 August 2018
Mike Dailly and Ann Harris have been appointed as non-executive directors to the Board of the Single Financial Guidance Body (SFGB). ...
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
Increased funding to support businesses that provide extra employment support for disabled people with the greatest barriers to work. ...
Thursday, 19 July 2018
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Esther McVey's speech on personalisation and digitalisation of benefits and support at Reform....
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Official figures, released by the Office for National Statistics today, report that the overall employment rate is at 75.7%, a new record high....
Monday, 16 July 2018
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has announced the appointment of Sir Paul Kenny as a member of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Boar...
Monday, 16 July 2018
The Department for Work and Pensions has appointed John Govett as the first Chief Executive Officer of the new Single Financial Guidance Body (SFGB)....
Sunday, 15 July 2018
The fund is the latest in a range of government measures that aims to see 1 million more disabled people in work by 2027....
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Karen Johnston has been reappointed as Deputy Pensions Ombudsman for a further 2 years....
Monday, 18 June 2018
People with the most severe, life-long conditions will no longer have to attend regular reviews for Personal Independence Payment (PIP)....
Monday, 18 June 2018
For the first time members will be given powers to hold their pension schemes to account over how social and environmental factors impact their invest...
Friday, 15 June 2018
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Rt Hon Esther McVey, has announced that Professor Sir Ian Diamond has been appointed the next Chair ...
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Britain has a joint record high employment rate of 75.6% with 32.39 million people now in work according to the latest official statistics....
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Sir Hector Sants has been appointed as chair of the Single Financial Guidance Body....
Monday, 21 May 2018
How the government assesses the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits is to be overhauled to provide accuracy to the statistics. ...
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
The unemployment rate in Britain remains at a 40-year low, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics....
Thursday, 03 May 2018
New figures released today show that 48,000 households have moved into work after being subject to the benefit cap....
Friday, 27 April 2018
Support for children who may otherwise be in local authority care is to be extended in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit. ...
Friday, 27 April 2018
Minister for Disabled People announces new Tech Fund as part of Access to Work, offering employers significant savings on the cost of assistive techno...
Thursday, 26 April 2018
DWP has published 5 short videos to help give people an overview of the process of claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP). ...
Friday, 20 April 2018
One of the UK’s largest recruitment websites Universal Jobmatch is to be re-named ‘Find a Job’. ...
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Official figures out today show that the employment rate is at 75.4% – up 0.8 percentage points from 74.6% a year ago and the highest since records be...
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
People in receipt of Housing Benefit will receive an extra 2 weeks' support with their rent when they move onto Universal Credit from today (11 April ...
Monday, 09 April 2018
A number of welfare reforms have come into effect from April 2018....
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Housing costs will be available to 18 to 21-year-olds under Universal Credit to make sure young people from all backgrounds can get a job and progress...
Thursday, 22 March 2018
The number of people living in absolute poverty has fallen by 1 million since 2010, according to statistics released today....
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The employment rate is at 75.3% – up from 74.6% compared to a year ago and the joint highest since records began. ...
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Hundreds of disabled employees are to benefit from a £15,000 rise on Access to Work grants....
Wednesday, 07 March 2018
Number of workless households falls by 881,000 since 2010 and 53,000 on the year....
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Official figures released today show that the unemployment rate remains at a near-record low of 4.4%, with the employment rate at a near-record high...
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Universal Credit will be paid sooner to new claimants from today (14 February 2018). ...
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs New EU rules for pet travel for GB residents
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero The era of clean energy security
Veterinary Medicines Directorate Recruitment for Accounts Payable Manager
Department for Work and Pensions Emma Douglas appointed new Chair of The Pensions Regulator?
Legal Aid Agency Legal Aid Provider Survey 2026
UK Defence Innovation Up to £2 million available for riverine relief