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Friday, 25 July 2014
The government’s new Health and Work Service in England and Wales will be delivered by Health Management Limited, a MAXIMUS company, it was announced ...
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Remploy Employment Services will become independent of government so it can expand its business to help even more disabled people into work....
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
The government is updating the way it talks to benefit claimants following an independent review of Jobseeker's Allowance sanctions....
Friday, 18 July 2014
The Prime Minister hails new figures on the first anniversary of Disability Confident campaign, as over 1,000 British businesses sign up to the campai...
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Universal Credit will be extended again today (30 June 2014) as the service opens up to new claims from couples....
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Nearly a million more people are in work compared to a year ago, and the employment rate has never been higher, new official figures show. ...
Monday, 14 July 2014
Economist, policy expert and consumer champion Dr Ros Altmann CBE has been appointed by the government as its new Business Champion for Older Workers....
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Jobseekers to get extra help to get online and manage their finances on a monthly basis to prepare for the world of work under Universal Credit....
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Announcing local support for jobseekers to help prepare for Universal Credit....
Tuesday, 08 July 2014
Nearly 70% of the British public feel attitudes towards disabled people have improved since the London Paralympic Games in 2012, statistics published ...
Wednesday, 02 July 2014
British pensioners have seen their income grow for the first time in real terms in 3 years – with the triple lock protection of the State Pension and ...
Tuesday, 01 July 2014
The number of people in relative poverty has fallen by 100,000 over the past year....
Sunday, 29 June 2014
A new child maintenance system will support more families to work together and maintain a subsidised service for those who really need it....
Friday, 27 June 2014
David Harker CBE has been appointed as Chair of The Pensions Advisory Service, the DWP announced today (27 June 2014). ...
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Supporting families into work, improving living standards and raising educational attainment are the fundamental aims set out in the government’s chil...
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Welfare reforms have boosted the number of benefit claimants training to improve their skills by almost 40%....
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Pensions Minister Steve Webb to continue with plans to overhaul the private pensions market....
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
More than £20 million specifically earmarked to help people adapt to welfare reforms was not spent by local authorities last year....
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Universal Credit, the government’s flagship welfare reform, will expand rapidly throughout the rest of 2014. ...
Thursday, 19 June 2014
About 300,000 long-term unemployed people have found lasting work using the Work Programme – an increase of 44,000 people in jobs in the last 3 months...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Around 2,000 businesses a month have been set up over the past year by people who have moved from claiming benefits to being their own boss....
Friday, 13 June 2014
The number of benefit decision appeals dropped by 79% to 32,546 between January and March 2014, compared to same time last year. ...
Friday, 13 June 2014
Minister for Pensions Steve Webb launches a new action plan to help older workers stay in the workplace...
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
A record employment rise saw nearly 5,500 more people in work every working day over the last 3 months....
Friday, 30 May 2014
Support to families facing bereavement will be expanded as a new service joins Tell Us Once....
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Interactive TV, smartphone apps and social media has been used to view over 100,000 pages of Universal Credit information....
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Jobcentre Plus, in partnership with local authorities, to help 16 and 17 year olds to catch up, keep up and find work....
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support fraud and error overpayments are at their lowest recorded levels. ...
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Major reforms to simplify the State Pension and provide greater clarity about what people will receive in retirement are a step closer....
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Employment has seen the largest quarterly rise since records began and the unemployment rate has fallen again to a new 5-year low....
Attorney General's Office Reckless driver’s sentence increased after killing two in high-speed crash
Civil Nuclear Constabulary Chief Constable joins Ceremony of Remembrance
Environment Agency Environment Agency takes action during dry weather in Lincs
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Environment Agency Environment Agency suspends waste site over dust pollution
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