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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....
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
New DWP Secretary of State, Stephen Crabb, outlines his priorities on welfare reform....
Monday, 11 April 2016
Parents on Universal Credit will now be able to claim back 85% of their childcare costs when they move into work – up from 70%....
Thursday, 07 April 2016
A new armed forces National Insurance credit is available for spouses and civil partners who joined their partners on overseas postings....
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
The number of households where no one works has fallen by more than 750,000 since 2010 and is now at its lowest level in more than 10 years....
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Andrew Rhodes has been appointed Director General of DWP Operations....
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
More than 80,000 businesses have been set up by jobseekers through the New Enterprise Allowance....
Monday, 21 March 2016
Alun Cairns: Welfare reform transforming lives in Wales...
Monday, 21 March 2016
Wales becomes the first nation in the UK to complete the rollout of Universal Credit....
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Through the Work Programme, a total of 503,000 jobseekers have found work lasting 3 months or longer....
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Private sector employment over 26 million, unemployment rate at 5.1% and the claimant count at its lowest level in over 40 years....
Monday, 14 March 2016
Over 95% of jobcentres now offer Universal Credit....
Friday, 11 March 2016
The government is changing the assessment criteria for the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)....
Tuesday, 01 March 2016
Findings of an independent review to help increase business start-ups in the most disadvantaged communities across Great Britain. ...
Tuesday, 01 March 2016
The review is to consider changes in life expectancy, wider changes in society and help ensure the State Pension remains sustainable....
Monday, 29 February 2016
New milestone reached as over 660 jobcentres now offer Universal Credit....
Monday, 22 February 2016
Today, 16 more jobcentres will start offering the new benefit....
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
The UK’s employment rate has hit another record high, rising to 74.1%....
Monday, 08 February 2016
Universal Credit is now available in 623 jobcentres, helping over a quarter of a million people to find work faster and earn more....
Friday, 05 February 2016
Around 31,000 households who had their benefits capped have moved into work, reduced their Housing Benefit claim or no longer claim it....
Monday, 01 February 2016
Fifteen more jobcentres now offer Universal Credit, with nearly 600 offices live nationwide....
Thursday, 28 January 2016
The majority of entrepreneurial jobseekers who became their own boss thanks to a government scheme are still in business, more than a year after launc...
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Museji Ahmed Takolia CBE has been appointed Chair of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS). ...
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Employment Minister Priti Patel launches the £2.5 billion European Social Fund (ESF) programme for England at Styal prison in Cheshire....
Big win for Scotch whisky as US tariffs are lifted
Central Arbitration Committee How to submit applications and complaints to the CAC
Government Actuary's Department Cross-government roundtable explores climate scenarios
Trade Remedies Authority Anti-dumping measure maintained on bikes from China
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Bluetongue: latest situation
Commonwealth Games return to Glasgow with UK Government backing
Department for Culture, Media and Sport Five Board Members appointed to the UK Sport Board