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Tuesday, 26 July 2022
A new consultation on measures to boost protections for members of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes has been launched by DWP today (Tuesday 26 Jul...
Thursday, 21 July 2022
Over 7.2 million payments of £326 have already been made to help households through the government’s Cost of Living support....
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
The UK’s female workforce is booming, new figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal today....
Friday, 15 July 2022
Jobcentres and health assessment offices in areas issued with a red severe weather warning for Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 July will be closed on those d...
Friday, 15 July 2022
A new Minister-led taskforce will help pension schemes address the risks and seize the opportunities of the “social” element in ESG investing....
Thursday, 14 July 2022
On Tuesday 12 July, senior Cabinet Ministers awarded young people and employers for their contribution to tackling high youth unemployment through the...
Thursday, 14 July 2022
Minister for Pensions Guy Opperman has called on pension schemes of all types and sizes to make sure their data is ready for pensions dashboards....
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Almost one in four families across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will get £326 sent directly to them from today, with the second insta...
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Claims for Pension Credit more than doubled during the Department for Work and Pension’s recent Pension Credit Day of Action, new figures have reveale...
Monday, 11 July 2022
Dominic Harris is the preferred candidate for the role of Pensions Ombudsman and Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman, the DWP has announced today, 11 J...
Friday, 08 July 2022
Parents who refuse to pay child maintenance could face curfews, as Ministers plan new powers for the Child Maintenance Service....
Monday, 04 July 2022
The government has today announced millions of pounds of new measures to tackle unemployment amongst the over 50s on benefits....
Thursday, 30 June 2022
Nurses, occupational? therapists, pharmacists and physiotherapists can now certify and issue fit notes in addition to doctors....
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Half a million people have been supported into work in less than 6 months thanks to “Way to Work”, a government drive to get jobseekers into vacancies...
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
The UK’s Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Chloe Smith has called on more Welsh sporting clubs and organisations to include disabled peopl...
Thursday, 23 June 2022
1,000 women have got jobs in the construction and engineering sector, thanks to a partnership between DWP and Women into Construction....
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Over 8 million households in the UK will get a cash payment from July 2022 to ease cost of living pressures....
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Over 160,000 pension scheme members will be encouraged to learn more about making greener pension choices in a new three-week trial....
Monday, 20 June 2022
UK pensions have been given a green boost through new measures which will drive forward ambitions to tackle climate risk....
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Pensioners and their loved ones are being urged to take up Pension Credit as new figures show an estimated £1.7 billion in benefit is being left uncla...
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
More than eight million households across the whole of the UK will get a cash payment from July to ease cost of living pressures, as the Work and Pens...
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Helping people understand their pension options in retirement is the focus of a new call for evidence published by the Department for Work and Pension...
Friday, 10 June 2022
New legislation to allow a wider range of healthcare professionals to certify fit notes has been introduced by the UK government to ease pressure on G...
Tuesday, 07 June 2022
Today, 7 June, member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) agreed to ambitious new plans to boost sustainabilit...
Friday, 27 May 2022
Over 347,000 unemployed people on benefits have found work in just four months through the government’s Way to Work campaign – an ambitious national p...
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
More than 1,000 Ukrainian pensioners who recently arrived in Britain after fleeing the Russian invasion are already receiving financial support throug...
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Thérèse Coffey, joined G7 employment ministers in Wolfsburg as part of the German presidency of the G7....
Thursday, 19 May 2022
A £600 million plan to fight fraud in the welfare system will introduce a range of new powers and boost the counter-fraud frontline, saving the taxpay...
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
On Wednesday 18th May 2022, Minister for Disabled People Chloe Smith gave a speech to open a Disability Confident Jobs Fair at Hillman Street Jobcentr...
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
The government’s goal to see one million more disabled people in work has been reached, the latest official figures show....
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Bluetongue: latest situation
Environment Agency Illegal waste site in Ramsgate shut by Environment Agency
Environment Agency Vehicles seized in operation at Worcestershire waste site
Ofsted Martyn Oliver's speech at Voice 21's Speaking Summit 2026
Natural England Spring awakens at Wealden Heaths National Nature Reserve
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero New radar systems to unlock offshore wind