Government news, all in one place
Government news, all in one place
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Friday, 17 October 2014
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will shortly commence recruitment for a new Pensions Ombudsman and a Deputy Pensions Ombudsman....
Friday, 17 October 2014
New measures which will protect savers’ interests and boost many people’s personal pension pots are outlined by Pensions Minister Steve Webb....
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
New DWP figures show that automatic enrolment is continuing to play a major role in reversing the decade-long decline in private sector pension saving...
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Unemployment has seen the largest annual fall since records began over 40 years ago. ...
Friday, 10 October 2014
GPs say they would refer eligible patients to a new service to support employers and staff over sickness absence in a new report out today....
Friday, 10 October 2014
A competition for retail and hospitality firms to share £2 million to support lower paid staff to increase their earnings has opened....
Thursday, 09 October 2014
Plans to help millions of British workers save more towards their pensions are set out in a consultation launched today (9 October 2014). ...
Friday, 03 October 2014
A major new campaign, 'Your future, your pension', aimed at ensuring today’s workers understand the new State Pension, to be launched....
Thursday, 02 October 2014
An extra 200,000 pensioners will get money off their energy bills this winter, as the Warm Home Discount scheme expands for the fourth year....
Wednesday, 01 October 2014
Three years on from an historic government move to outlaw enforced retirement, more than 1 million over 65s now choose to stay in work. ...
Monday, 29 September 2014
DWP announce that Universal Credit will be rolled out to all Jobcentres and local authorities across the country from early next year....
Saturday, 27 September 2014
Pensioners have 1 year to go until they can obtain State Pension top-ups worth up to £1,300 a year....
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Latest figures show nearly 14,000 people are aged 100 or more in the UK....
Thursday, 25 September 2014
More than 53,000 new businesses have been set up thanks to a government scheme which helps people on benefits become their own boss....
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance is now below 1 million and unemployment has seen the largest annual fall in 25 years....
Thursday, 11 September 2014
Single and separated parents who have previously received no maintenance from their former partner could start receiving payments....
Monday, 08 September 2014
Restrictions limiting the amount that millions of British workers can save towards their pensions are now set to be scrapped....
Wednesday, 03 September 2014
Mayank Prakash has been appointed as the new Director General for Technology at the Department for Work and Pensions....
Tuesday, 02 September 2014
The next stage of the government’s pension reforms will receive their Second Reading in Parliament....
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Thousands of high street businesses could be turning away the custom of 1 in 5 people by not attracting disabled people....
Friday, 22 August 2014
The number of disabled people in apprenticeships has more than tripled in the last 10 years. ...
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
New figures reveal Watford, north Dorset and the Shetland Islands are leading the way against outdated stereotypes of older workers....
Monday, 18 August 2014
Saving into a workplace pension is becoming more of a social norm, new research shows....
Friday, 15 August 2014
Today (15 August 2014) marks 600 days until the start of the new State Pension – on 6 April 2016....
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Four million people have now been automatically enrolled in workplace pensions – an increase of over 1 million this year or over 6,000 a day on averag...
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Youth unemployment has seen the largest annual fall since records began alongside the steepest annual fall in unemployment in 25 years....
Sunday, 10 August 2014
The last of a series of radical changes to the child maintenance system is implemented today (11 August 2014)....
Thursday, 07 August 2014
11.9m people in the UK are failing to save enough for retirement but many only need make modest changes to safeguard their financial future....
Thursday, 07 August 2014
Almost 10,000 people who had their benefits capped have now moved into work or stopped claiming Housing Benefit entirely....
Monday, 04 August 2014
Minister for Welfare Reform, Lord Freud, has announced 6 appointments to the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC). ...
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