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Thursday, 05 February 2015
The benefit cap is encouraging more people to work or stop claiming Housing Benefit....
Wednesday, 04 February 2015
Helping ensure value for money in workplace pensions – safeguarding against high and unfair charges and transferring around £200m to savers....
Sunday, 01 February 2015
The Pension Tracing Service that helps people find lost pension cash is undergoing a major expansion....
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Freezing temperatures around the country are due to trigger further Cold Weather Payments this week....
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Parliament is to consider plans to more than double the maximum administrative penalty for benefit fraud from £2,000 to £5,000....
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Employment Minister Esther McVey urges people not to hide their accents when looking for work....
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Women should take advantage of the 12 million future vacancies traditionally considered male jobs, like construction and engineering....
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
More companies across the country are waking up to the considerable talents of disabled people in the workplace, says Mark Harper....
Monday, 26 January 2015
Universal Credit will be available to families in more areas across the country, from today....
Sunday, 25 January 2015
The number of absent parents who are now paying towards the cost of their children through the Child Support Agency has hit an all-time high....
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Lord Freud's, Minister for Welfare Reform, speech to the Local Government Association (LGA) about Universal Credit and Universal Support....
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
A new milestone has been reached with the unemployment rate falling below 6% for the first time in 6 years....
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Over a million jobseekers have signed up to a Claimant Commitment meaning they need to do more to find work or face losing their benefits....
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
The number of disabled people being supported into jobs through Access to Work is increasing, new figures show. ...
Friday, 16 January 2015
Eighty four per cent of health and safety rules will have been scrapped or improved in this Parliament, freeing employers from unnecessary red tape. ...
Thursday, 15 January 2015
An expectation of an £800 a week pension is an example of why teenagers need a wake-up call about the importance of saving for old age....
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
New government research shows how the way we view retirement is changing, as well as the challenges that older workers can face....
Saturday, 10 January 2015
New figures show the average waiting time for disputes against benefit decisions have dropped substantially....
Friday, 02 January 2015
The government is calling on disabled sports fans to share their experiences of viewing live sport at stadiums and sports grounds across Britain....
Wednesday, 31 December 2014
A series of live radio phone-ins, in which a DWP minister takes calls from listeners on pensions, is to be extended into 2015....
Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Over 7,500 people celebrated their 100th-plus birthdays in 2014 with a celebratory card from the Queen....
Friday, 26 December 2014
How Jobcentre staff are taking work support direct to jobseekers in unusual locations....
Tuesday, 23 December 2014
Health and Safety Minister Lord Freud is urging a common sense approach to clearing snow from footpaths and pavements. ...
Monday, 22 December 2014
The government is rolling out an ‘older workers’ champion scheme across every part of the UK to tackle age discrimination, from April 2015....
Friday, 19 December 2014
Over 450 new businesses every week have been set up over the last year thanks to a government scheme....
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Full-time jobs accounted for 95% of the rise in employment over the past year, with private sector employment rising by 637,000....
Thursday, 18 December 2014
The Work Programme has contributed to bringing the number of long-term unemployed people down to the lowest it has been for 5 years. ...
Thursday, 18 December 2014
More than 6 out of 10 separated parents using the new Child Maintenance Service are now choosing to make their own financial arrangements....
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Statistics out today show there are more people in work than ever before. Here are answers to some of the key questions....
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
A new £250 million contract, to protect vulnerable pensioners, benefit claimants and help safeguard the future of the Post Office, agreed by the gover...
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