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Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Our new strategy sets out ideas on how to help more disabled people and those with health conditions get into and stay in work....
Monday, 16 December 2013
More than 2 million workers have begun saving into a workplace pensions scheme as a result of automatic enrolment....
Sunday, 15 December 2013
The New Enterprise Allowance has helped enterprising jobseekers set up 32,520 new businesses....
Friday, 13 December 2013
A new test for migrants who want to claim income-related benefits is being rolled out to Jobcentres across England, Scotland and Wales. ...
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Beth Carruthers has been appointed as the new chief executive of Remploy....
Thursday, 12 December 2013
How DWP and local authorities are working together to implement Universal Credit. ...
Thursday, 12 December 2013
The government welcomes the fourth review of the Work Capability Assessment that says good progress and notable improvements have been made....
Monday, 09 December 2013
The Access to Work scheme has set aside £2 million to help disabled people take up work placements....
Monday, 09 December 2013
New statistics show the full impact of the benefit cap for the first time – following the successful national roll-out completed this autumn....
Sunday, 08 December 2013
Projects to help separated couples resolve grievances and agree financial and parenting arrangements in their children's best interests....
Thursday, 05 December 2013
The next stage of delivery of Universal Credit will concentrate on the continued safe and secure roll out of the vital reform....
Tuesday, 03 December 2013
Top institutions will improve accessibility for country’s 12m disabled people....
Monday, 02 December 2013
Working with employers to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that disabled people can fulfil their potential....
Friday, 29 November 2013
Newly diagnosed victims of mesothelioma – the cancer caused by asbestos – will receive help for the first time through a new support scheme....
Friday, 29 November 2013
Research shows that Universal Credit claimants do more to get into work than jobseekers claiming under the current system....
Monday, 25 November 2013
The new Child Maintenance Service for separated parents to support their children has opened to all new applicants....
Monday, 25 November 2013
New jobseekers in Inverness and Rugby will be able to make a claim for Universal Credit today as the new benefit rolls out....
Saturday, 23 November 2013
New figures show that the government has spent over £706 million since 2010 with 28 million Cold Weather Payments during the winter....
Friday, 22 November 2013
Londoners report most 'jobsworth' decisions to mythbuster panel – with Scots and Welsh at the other end of the league table....
Thursday, 21 November 2013
Conferences are taking place across the country showcasing the talents of the 6.9 million disabled people of working-age in Great Britain....
Friday, 15 November 2013
The government is urging people to take part in a consultation on workplace pension charges before it closes on 28 November. ...
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
New figures released today show the number of households claiming Housing Benefit that have been affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy....
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
The number of people in work has risen by 378,000 over the last year to a record breaking 29.95 million....
Friday, 08 November 2013
New independent research shows there is strong public support for reducing under-occupation and overcrowding in social housing....
Friday, 08 November 2013
The Department for Work and Pensions is to start recruitment for a new Chair of The Pensions Regulator. ...
Thursday, 07 November 2013
New figures show almost 36,000 people potentially affected by the benefit cap have accepted support to get into work....
Thursday, 07 November 2013
The ‘Tell Us Once’ service for people to tell the government about births and deaths receives ringing endorsement by the people who use it....
Thursday, 07 November 2013
The government is setting out a range of proposals to reshape workplace pensions for future generations. ...
Wednesday, 06 November 2013
Latest figures show Jobseeker's Allowance claimants who failed to do enough to find work had their benefits payments suspended 580,000 times....
Monday, 04 November 2013
People on sickness benefits will be required to have regular meetings with healthcare professionals to help them with their barriers to work....