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Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Disabled people receiving care and support to lead independent lives will from 2015 do so under one local streamlined system....
Monday, 17 December 2012
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today published the latest findings from the Direct Payment Demonstration Projects....
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Speech by Esther McVey MP....
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
An extra 627,000 people are working in the private sector compared to a year ago....
Monday, 10 December 2012
Today Ministers confirmed the final elements of Universal Credit, making clear that 3 million families will be better off....
Thursday, 06 December 2012
Ministers confirmed today that the Government would stand by its commitment to protect pensioner incomes....
Friday, 30 November 2012
People on sickness benefits now able to take part in voluntary work experience to help them move towards a job....
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Benefit fraud fell last year - but more action is needed to stop the £1.2bn cost to the taxpayer each year....
Thursday, 29 November 2012
For the first time, the 300,000 families undergoing separation every year in Britain will be able to get free online tailored advice....
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Tens of thousands of long-term unemployed are getting off benefits and into jobs through the Government’s Work Programme....
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Monday, 26 November 2012
New Government figures suggest most people will stay in a pension scheme and start saving for their old age under automatic enrolment....
Thursday, 22 November 2012
First proposals to rebuild confidence and trust in workplace pensions, and reverse nearly half a century of declining membership....
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, will today slam the EU’s plans to use a Solvency II-style basis to measure pension liabilities....
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Recommendations on further improvements to the Work Capability Assessment were welcomed by the Minister for Employment, Mark Hoban....
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Businesses are being challenged to get involved to help tackle youth unemployment....
Monday, 19 November 2012
Disabled entrepreneurs and small businesses will benefit from more support to pay for specialised equipment and other costs....
Thursday, 15 November 2012
A consultation is being launched to call for a better measurement of child poverty that reflects the reality in the UK today....
Thursday, 15 November 2012
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
A new way of accessing Department for Work and Pensions statistics was launched giving greater access to official Housing Benefit figures....
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
The number of people who are unemployed has fallen again and there are more people in work, according to new official statistics....
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Successful providers chosen to design and deliver a secure online identity registration service. ...
Monday, 12 November 2012
A new programme for young people who have never had a job or little recent work experience to help them escape a life on benefit....
Thursday, 08 November 2012
New figures reveal that voluntary and community sector organisations constitute the largest number of Work Programme providers....
Tuesday, 06 November 2012
A call for evidence on the impact of two statutory constraints on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)....
Tuesday, 06 November 2012
More than a third of people going through incapacity benefit reassessment have been found to be capable of some form of work....
Sunday, 04 November 2012
Over one million pounds has now been awarded as part of a programme to help bolster small grassroots disability organisations....
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Speech by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform....
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Lack of awareness on pensions highlights need for automatic enrolment....
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