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Wednesday, 20 December 2017
Recipients of Universal Credit full service who are self-employed can now receive business mentoring if their earnings are low. ...
Monday, 18 December 2017
The review of automatic enrolment includes major recommendations that will set millions of people on the path to a more financially secure retirement....
Monday, 18 December 2017
The government has accepted the recommendations of Paul Gray's second independent review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)....
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Tough new powers to help tackle child maintenance arrears are being proposed in a consultation that launched today (14 December 2017)....
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Unemployment is at just 4.3%, the lowest level since 1975 – and official figures have shown a fall in the unemployment rate every month in 2017....
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
The Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion's speech about the Pensions Dashboard....
Friday, 08 December 2017
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Gauke's speech on the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge report at the London School of Economics....
Wednesday, 06 December 2017
A government and FCA crackdown on excessive costs has lowered charges on £24 billion worth of assets for members of older workplace pension schemes....
Thursday, 30 November 2017
The government’s new Work and Health Programme to help disabled people into employment started this week in north west England and Wales....
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Master trust pension schemes will need to meet 5 key tests in order to continue operating, under new regulations confirmed by the government today....
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Ambitious plans aimed to get one million more disabled people in work over the next 10 years have been set out today (30 November) by ministers....
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
The number of households where no one is working has fallen by 49,000 in just a year according to official figures released today....
Thursday, 23 November 2017
More details of the £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit were set out today by David Gauke, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensio...
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Official figures show that unemployment has remained at 4.3%, the lowest rate since 1975....
Friday, 03 November 2017
Improvements to make it easier to claim a Funeral Payment will be brought in next year, the government has announced. ...
Thursday, 02 November 2017
The number of households coming off the benefit cap and going into work has reached 39,000, up 5,000 on the last quarter, new figures show. ...
Thursday, 02 November 2017
The PIP guidance now reflects a recent legal decision on the interpretation of people’s needs for supervision in order to carry out activities safely....
Thursday, 02 November 2017
Today, 2 November 2017, marks the first anniversary of the launch of the revamped Disability Confident scheme. ...
Wednesday, 01 November 2017
The number of children in the UK living in long-term workless households is 1.1 million, down 92,000 on the year....
Saturday, 28 October 2017
New powers to stop parents avoiding paying child maintenance that they owe have been announced....
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Pension schemes will for the first time be compelled to publish the fees they charge their members for investing their pension, under proposals announ...
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The government will publish its future model to support and sustain supported housing on Tuesday 31 October 2017....
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Official employment figures released today show that unemployment is at 4.3%, the lowest since 1975. ...
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Gauke has today announced DWP customer telephone lines will be changed to Freephone numbers....
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Robert Devereux plans to retire from the Department for Work and Pensions on his 61st birthday in January 2018, after 10 years as a Permanent Secretar...
Monday, 02 October 2017
The next stage of the rollout of Universal Credit to all claimants starts on Wednesday 4 October 2017....
Friday, 29 September 2017
People suffering from the most severe health conditions or disabilities will no longer be routinely reassessed to continue receiving ESA and UC....
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Penny Mordaunt, Minister for Disabled People, Work and Health, has challenged British-based FTSE 100 companies to sign up to the Disability Confident ...
Friday, 15 September 2017
Research shows the vast majority of Universal Credit claimants are paid on time, and the majority of claimants are confident about managing their mone...
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
The employment rate is at a record high of 75.3% with a record 32.14 million people in work....