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Friday, 11 March 2016
The government is changing the assessment criteria for the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)....
Tuesday, 01 March 2016
Findings of an independent review to help increase business start-ups in the most disadvantaged communities across Great Britain. ...
Tuesday, 01 March 2016
The review is to consider changes in life expectancy, wider changes in society and help ensure the State Pension remains sustainable....
Monday, 29 February 2016
New milestone reached as over 660 jobcentres now offer Universal Credit....
Monday, 22 February 2016
Today, 16 more jobcentres will start offering the new benefit....
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
The UK’s employment rate has hit another record high, rising to 74.1%....
Monday, 08 February 2016
Universal Credit is now available in 623 jobcentres, helping over a quarter of a million people to find work faster and earn more....
Friday, 05 February 2016
Around 31,000 households who had their benefits capped have moved into work, reduced their Housing Benefit claim or no longer claim it....
Monday, 01 February 2016
Fifteen more jobcentres now offer Universal Credit, with nearly 600 offices live nationwide....
Thursday, 28 January 2016
The majority of entrepreneurial jobseekers who became their own boss thanks to a government scheme are still in business, more than a year after launc...
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Museji Ahmed Takolia CBE has been appointed Chair of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS). ...
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Employment Minister Priti Patel launches the £2.5 billion European Social Fund (ESF) programme for England at Styal prison in Cheshire....
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
The UK has its highest ever employment rate of 74% with a record 31.4 million people in work....
Monday, 18 January 2016
New milestone reached with 568 jobcentres offering the new benefit. ...
Friday, 15 January 2016
DWP is introducing a new video relay service to help British Sign Language (BSL) users easily access government services....
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Ground-breaking government scheme to provide expert employment support to young people launched by Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel....
Thursday, 14 January 2016
The new State Pension being introduced in April 2016 will make millions of people better off....
Friday, 18 December 2015
More than three-quarters of a million people who were long-term unemployed have found a job through the government’s Work Programme. ...
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
We have improved the Sorting out Separation and Child Maintenance Options websites – see how they could help you or someone you know. ...
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
The UK employment rate reaches new record high of 73.9% and over half a million more people are in work compared to this time last year....
Monday, 14 December 2015
New milestone reached with over a quarter of a million claims made to Universal Credit....
Thursday, 10 December 2015
A public consultation launched into how the use of aids and appliances is accounted for during assessments for Personal Independence Payment. ...
Tuesday, 08 December 2015
Minister Priti Patel urged the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) to be ambitious and innovative when helping people into work....
Tuesday, 08 December 2015
People claiming Universal Credit are significantly more likely to move into work than those on Jobseeker’s Allowance....
Monday, 07 December 2015
The number of women in employment has hit a record 14.6 million, with nearly 1 million (975,000) more women in work than 5 years ago....
Monday, 07 December 2015
Today, 18 more jobcentre offices start offering Universal Credit....
Saturday, 05 December 2015
Latest government figures show that employment by small businesses has increased by 1,618,000 over the last 5 years. ...
Thursday, 03 December 2015
Priti Patel MP spoke to members of the 5% Club about the benefits of apprenticeships to young people and businesses....
Tuesday, 01 December 2015
The government is helping more young people achieve their potential – and youth unemployment is now lower than it was in 2010....
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
The Chancellor has published the results of the spending review, including details of the DWP’s budget over the course of this Parliament....
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