Government news, all in one place
Government news, all in one place
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Monday, 03 February 2014
Personal Independence Payment roll out is extended to cover 5 new areas of the country....
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Richard Caseby has been named as the new Director of Communications at the Department for Work and Pensions today (30 January 2014)....
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Councils will receive £165 million to support vulnerable claimants who might need extra support next year (2014 to 2015). ...
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
The Minister of State for Disabled People visits a vehicle adaptations firm to see how the government’s £17m of investment is being spent....
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Lord Freud discusses how Universal Credit will help employees to work more hours and calls on employers to champion the new benefit....
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
An overhaul of guidance on working at height is being launched....
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Latest analysis shows more than 3,000 young people a month have been given a career opportunity through work experience since 2011....
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Setting out a vision for Britain’s welfare state....
Monday, 27 January 2014
Latest analysis shows almost a million people who applied for sickness benefit have instead been found fit for work....
Monday, 27 January 2014
How welfare has changed in the last 4 years....
Monday, 27 January 2014
The Department for Work and Pensions will start to introduce alternative 0345 phone numbers for its major call lines from March 2014....
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
New figures show that 2,960 people started claiming Universal Credit in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire areas from April 2013 to the end of Octobe...
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
The number of people in a job rose 280,000 in the last 3 months – the largest quarterly increase since records began....
Monday, 20 January 2014
New migrant jobseekers from the European Economic Area (EEA) will no longer be able to get Housing Benefit from April 2014....
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Small disability groups could boost their chances of getting funding and improve their services thanks to new government help....
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Tougher penalties are being handed out to employers who breach serious health and safety laws following a change in approach to prosecutions....
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Latest figures show fraud and error in the benefit system stands at 2.1% of overall welfare expenditure....
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Information about Universal Credit and finding work is now available by hitting the red button on the TV remote control....
Monday, 13 January 2014
Personal Independence Payment rolls out to existing claimants of Disability Living Allowance in Scotland....
Thursday, 09 January 2014
New figures show almost 33,000 households had their benefits capped by November 2013....
Wednesday, 08 January 2014
Tackling poverty and promoting a strong, cohesive society through strengthening families and the instituion of marriage....
Tuesday, 07 January 2014
Partha Dasgupta, Chair of The Pensions Advisory Service, to stand down in September....
Friday, 03 January 2014
Disabled people are moving into jobs, training or work placements at a rate of more than 100 placements every working day....
Friday, 03 January 2014
A new benefit fraud and error advertising campaign will be launched today (3 January 2014)....
Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Tough new rules come into force to ensure that migrants don’t take advantage of the British benefits system....
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
More than 74,000 young jobseekers have escaped long-term unemployment and found lasting work....
Friday, 20 December 2013
Tens of millions of pounds specifically ring-fenced to help people adapt to welfare reforms this year is still available through local authorities. ...
Friday, 20 December 2013
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Thursday, 19 December 2013
The Work Programme has helped 208,000 jobseekers to escape long-term unemployment and find lasting work....
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Employment hit a new record high this month with over 30 million people in jobs for the first time....