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One million employers enrol staff into a workplace pension

One million employers enrol staff into a workplace pension

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

One million UK employers have enrolled staff into a workplace pension, helping more than 9 million employees save towards a more financially secure re...

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Call for more retailers to become Disability Confident

Call for more retailers to become Disability Confident

Thursday, 01 February 2018

Britain’s high streets are being encouraged to make sure they’re not missing out on the skills and talents disabled people can bring to the workplace....

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45,000 households move off benefit cap and into work

45,000 households move off benefit cap and into work

Thursday, 01 February 2018

Some 45,000 households have had someone move into work and so are no longer subject to the benefit cap, new statistics out today show....

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Number in employment reaches record high

Number in employment reaches record high

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Official figures released today (24 January 2018) show that the employment rate is at a joint record high of 75.3%, with a record 32.2 million people ...

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Claiming Funeral Expenses Payment to be made easier

Claiming Funeral Expenses Payment to be made easier

Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Changes to funeral payments will make it easier for people on some income-related benefits to get help towards the cost of a funeral for loved ones....

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Appointment of Peter Schofield as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions

Appointment of Peter Schofield as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions

Friday, 12 January 2018

Peter Schofield has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary on Sir Robert Devereux’s retirement later this month....

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Chair of the Pensions Regulator re appointed

Chair of the Pensions Regulator re appointed

Tuesday, 09 January 2018

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that Mark Boyle has been re-appointed for a second term as Non-Executive Chair of The Pensions Regu...

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Final DWP customer telephone lines become free

Final DWP customer telephone lines become free

Thursday, 21 December 2017

All customer phone lines to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have become Freephone numbers....

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Self employed on Universal Credit to get business support

Self employed on Universal Credit to get business support

Wednesday, 20 December 2017

Recipients of Universal Credit full service who are self-employed can now receive business mentoring if their earnings are low. ...

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Government publishes ambitious plans to give millions a more financially secure retirement

Government publishes ambitious plans to give millions a more financially secure retirement

Monday, 18 December 2017

The review of automatic enrolment includes major recommendations that will set millions of people on the path to a more financially secure retirement....

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Ministers take action to bolster PIP services

Ministers take action to bolster PIP services

Monday, 18 December 2017

The government has accepted the recommendations of Paul Gray's second independent review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)....

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Child maintenance consultation launched

Child maintenance consultation launched

Thursday, 14 December 2017

Tough new powers to help tackle child maintenance arrears are being proposed in a consultation that launched today (14 December 2017)....

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Unemployment remains at four decade low

Unemployment remains at four decade low

Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Unemployment is at just 4.3%, the lowest level since 1975 – and official figures have shown a fall in the unemployment rate every month in 2017....

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Pensions Dashboard Development Day

Pensions Dashboard Development Day

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

The Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion's speech about the Pensions Dashboard....

75th Anniversary of the Beveridge Report

75th Anniversary of the Beveridge Report

Friday, 08 December 2017

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Gauke's speech on the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge report at the London School of Economics....

Government and FCA crack down on older pension scheme charges

Government and FCA crack down on older pension scheme charges

Wednesday, 06 December 2017

A government and FCA crackdown on excessive costs has lowered charges on £24 billion worth of assets for members of older workplace pension schemes....

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New employment programme begins in England and Wales

New employment programme begins in England and Wales

Thursday, 30 November 2017

The government’s new Work and Health Programme to help disabled people into employment started this week in north west England and Wales....

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Master trust pension schemes consultation

Master trust pension schemes consultation

Thursday, 30 November 2017

Master trust pension schemes will need to meet 5 key tests in order to continue operating, under new regulations confirmed by the government today....

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Strategy seeks one million more disabled people in work by 2027

Strategy seeks one million more disabled people in work by 2027

Thursday, 30 November 2017

Ambitious plans aimed to get one million more disabled people in work over the next 10 years have been set out today (30 November) by ministers....

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Number of workless households falls by 49,000 in a year

Number of workless households falls by 49,000 in a year

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

The number of households where no one is working has fallen by 49,000 in just a year according to official figures released today....

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More detail on £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit

More detail on £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit

Thursday, 23 November 2017

More details of the £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit were set out today by David Gauke, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensio...

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Unemployment remains at 40 year low

Unemployment remains at 40 year low

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Official figures show that unemployment has remained at 4.3%, the lowest rate since 1975....

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Claiming a Funeral Payment to be made easier

Claiming a Funeral Payment to be made easier

Friday, 03 November 2017

Improvements to make it easier to claim a Funeral Payment will be brought in next year, the government has announced. ...

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39,000 households move into work and off the benefit cap

39,000 households move into work and off the benefit cap

Thursday, 02 November 2017

The number of households coming off the benefit cap and going into work has reached 39,000, up 5,000 on the last quarter, new figures show. ...

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Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guidance updated

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guidance updated

Thursday, 02 November 2017

The PIP guidance now reflects a recent legal decision on the interpretation of people’s needs for supervision in order to carry out activities safely....

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Disability Confident one year on: over 5,000 organisations now signed up

Disability Confident one year on: over 5,000 organisations now signed up

Thursday, 02 November 2017

Today, 2 November 2017, marks the first anniversary of the launch of the revamped Disability Confident scheme. ...

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Number of children in long term workless households at lowest level in a decade

Number of children in long term workless households at lowest level in a decade

Wednesday, 01 November 2017

The number of children in the UK living in long-term workless households is 1.1 million, down 92,000 on the year....

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Clampdown on child maintenance cheats

Clampdown on child maintenance cheats

Saturday, 28 October 2017

New powers to stop parents avoiding paying child maintenance that they owe have been announced....

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Government announces plans for disclosure of pension costs and charges

Government announces plans for disclosure of pension costs and charges

Thursday, 26 October 2017

Pension schemes will for the first time be compelled to publish the fees they charge their members for investing their pension, under proposals announ...

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Supported housing update

Supported housing update

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

The government will publish its future model to support and sustain supported housing on Tuesday 31 October 2017....

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