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Thursday, 28 March 2013
The Department for Work and Pensions released operational details on the early roll-out of Universal Credit today....
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Businesses will benefit from tax relief when they pay to help their employees return to the workplace after sickness....
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced Howard Shiplee, an Executive Director at the Laing O’Rourke Group will join DWP in May....
Monday, 25 March 2013
Proposals to improve the automatic enrolment process have been published by the Department for Work and Pensions....
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Figures from the ONS suggest there were 11,700 people over the age of 100 at the last census in England and Wales....
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
The Chancellor has confirmed in his Budget that the Pensions Regulator (TPR) will be given a new statutory objective....
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
There are more people working in the private sector than at any time since records began, after a 700,000 increase over the last year....
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
A new, simpler flat rate State Pension will be introduced in April 2016, the Government has announced....
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP....
Friday, 08 March 2013
A speech by Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform....
Thursday, 07 March 2013
National roll out of the benefit cap will begin on 15 July Ministers announced today....
Wednesday, 06 March 2013
Better support to get back into work through new fit note guidance....
Monday, 04 March 2013
Birmingham is leading the way in providing extra support to get disabled people into mainstream work....
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
From 1 April 2013, working age tenants living in social housing and receiving housing benefit will be affected by changes to their benefits....
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Senior occupational physician Dr Paul Litchfield appointed to carry out the fourth independent review of the Work Capability Assessment....
Monday, 25 February 2013
Updated statistics on the number of claimants receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA) between February and May 2012 have been released....
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Long-term unemployment fell by 15,000 this quarter to its lowest level for nearly a year, according to official figures released today....
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Figures released today show the vast majority of parents who use the Child Support Agency (CSA) are now paying for their children....
Thursday, 14 February 2013
The Government’s reforms to the state pension will work with automatic enrolment to boost pension-saving among low and medium earners....
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
New government funding will boost training for blind people to use a ‘guide dog’ smart phone app....
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Mark Hoban, Minister for Employment, responding to today’s Court of Appeal judgment on Government employment schemes....
Monday, 11 February 2013
Vulnerable claimants will get personalised help with their Universal Credit claim, Ministers announced today....
Monday, 11 February 2013
The Government today confirmed it will consult on proposals to make the process of automatic enrolment simpler....
Wednesday, 06 February 2013
Announcement of the appointment of a new Chief Information Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions....
Tuesday, 05 February 2013
Ministers reiterated their commitment to supporting vulnerable claimants in their response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Report....
Monday, 04 February 2013
Two reports published today reveal the Government is making rapid progress in restoring common sense to health and safety....
Thursday, 31 January 2013
How someone carries out a range of activities will be considered when their eligibility for the PIP is assessed....
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP....
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Nearly a third of people on the old incapacity benefits have been found to be capable of some form of work since reassessment began....
Monday, 28 January 2013
Improvements to the Work Capability Assessment will mean more people suffering from cancer will get the unconditional help they need....