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Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Tens of thousands of long-term unemployed are getting off benefits and into jobs through the Government’s Work Programme....
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Monday, 26 November 2012
New Government figures suggest most people will stay in a pension scheme and start saving for their old age under automatic enrolment....
Thursday, 22 November 2012
First proposals to rebuild confidence and trust in workplace pensions, and reverse nearly half a century of declining membership....
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, will today slam the EU’s plans to use a Solvency II-style basis to measure pension liabilities....
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Recommendations on further improvements to the Work Capability Assessment were welcomed by the Minister for Employment, Mark Hoban....
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Businesses are being challenged to get involved to help tackle youth unemployment....
Monday, 19 November 2012
Disabled entrepreneurs and small businesses will benefit from more support to pay for specialised equipment and other costs....
Thursday, 15 November 2012
A consultation is being launched to call for a better measurement of child poverty that reflects the reality in the UK today....
Thursday, 15 November 2012
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
A new way of accessing Department for Work and Pensions statistics was launched giving greater access to official Housing Benefit figures....
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
The number of people who are unemployed has fallen again and there are more people in work, according to new official statistics....
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Successful providers chosen to design and deliver a secure online identity registration service. ...
Monday, 12 November 2012
A new programme for young people who have never had a job or little recent work experience to help them escape a life on benefit....
Thursday, 08 November 2012
New figures reveal that voluntary and community sector organisations constitute the largest number of Work Programme providers....
Tuesday, 06 November 2012
A call for evidence on the impact of two statutory constraints on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)....
Tuesday, 06 November 2012
More than a third of people going through incapacity benefit reassessment have been found to be capable of some form of work....
Sunday, 04 November 2012
Over one million pounds has now been awarded as part of a programme to help bolster small grassroots disability organisations....
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Speech by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform....
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Lack of awareness on pensions highlights need for automatic enrolment....
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
New research shows the majority of claimants are ready to manage their own money....
Thursday, 25 October 2012
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Six appointments to the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)....
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
The percentage of people getting unconditional support through Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) has more than doubled since May 2010....
Monday, 22 October 2012
Jobseekers who repeatedly refuse to play by the rules face losing benefits for three years under tough new rules introduced today.?...
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
More jobseekers will be given help to set up their own business under a scheme aimed at unlocking the potential of aspiring entrepreneurs....
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
There are more people in employment than ever before, according to new statistics published today....
Monday, 15 October 2012
The Department for Work and Pensions has won this year’s “Better Information from Government” award from the Demographics User Group (DUG)....
Thursday, 04 October 2012
Speech by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform....