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Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Youth Offer figures show nearly 450,000 work experience and sector-based work academy pre-employment training placements started since 2012....
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
The employment rate in the UK is now at a record high of 74.5% and the unemployment rate is at its lowest level in over 10 years at 4.9%. ...
Thursday, 28 July 2016
New figures show that there are now more people aged 50 to 74 in work than ever before, 3.7 million more than there were 20 years ago....
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
The employment rate hits a record high of 74.4%, with 31.7 million people in work....
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Damian Green, the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has today welcomed the department’s new ministerial team. ...
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
DWP is the biggest single user of the payments system. Every year we distribute around £167 billion to 22 million people....
Monday, 18 July 2016
Welfare reform – giving everyone the opportunity to realise their ambitions and potential, in learning, work and throughout life....
Thursday, 07 July 2016
A consultation has been launched today on the future of NEST, the government-backed provider of workplace pensions....
Friday, 01 July 2016
Two new trustees have been appointed to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation....
Thursday, 30 June 2016
The Minister for Pensions has welcomed the appointment of Arnold Wagner OBE to the role of Chair of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF)....
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Lord Freud spoke about the benefits of working together to improve people’s lives at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference....
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Entrepreneurial jobseekers have launched nearly 85,000 new businesses through a government scheme to boost self-employment and drive innovation....
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Universal Credit becomes available to all types of claimant in Harrogate, Richmond (North Yorkshire), Inverness, Hammersmith and Ryedale....
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Household incomes have risen to a record high according to statistics released today, with the fastest growth in 10 years. ...
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Unemployment has dropped to its lowest rate since 2005 while the employment rate has stayed at a record high of 74.2%....
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Proposals to prevent people in occupational schemes facing exit charges for accessing their pensions early have been launched by ministers....
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Bath, Newcastle, Bridgwater, Rugby and Lowestoft all expand Universal Credit....
Thursday, 19 May 2016
New figures show that fraud and error in the benefits system remains at the lowest level ever recorded....
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
The employment rate in the UK has hit another record high of 74.2%, and there are more people in work than ever before. ...
Thursday, 12 May 2016
The number of people accessing their new State Pension statement has increased by almost 40% in the last 6 months to approximately 400,000....
Monday, 09 May 2016
A new taskforce announced today will help more people with learning disabilities to access apprenticeships. ...
Monday, 09 May 2016
A new DWP website has been launched by the Pension Tracing Service to help people find their lost pension savings....
Monday, 02 May 2016
Universal Credit is now in every jobcentre across the country for single jobseekers....
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
The Department for Work and Pensions has appointed Martin Temple as Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board....
Monday, 25 April 2016
Last 5 offices in Scotland switch over to offer the new service....
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Access to Work, the government’s specialist disabled employment programme, has supported 132,740 people since launching in 2007....
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
The UK employment rate remains at a record 74.1%, according to new figures out today....
Monday, 18 April 2016
Record numbers of older people are bringing their skills, talents and experience into the UK workplace....
Monday, 18 April 2016
Last 4 offices in Yorkshire switch over to new service....
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
New figures released today (13 April 2016) show that more people from ethnic minority backgrounds are in work since records began in 2001....
UK Health Security Agency Antibiotics and MenB vaccination to be offered to young people in Dorset
Central Arbitration Committee How to submit applications and complaints to the CAC
Environment Agency Court orders waste site to be cleared after investigation
UK Defence Innovation Up to £2 million available for riverine relief
Cabinet Office Susan Harris appointed Vice-Chair of Infected Blood Memorial Committee
Ministry of Defence Northern Ireland start-up boost with new £50 million defence growth deal
Ministry of Defence Unlocking private investment to drive UK defence as an engine for growth