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Wednesday, 18 July 2012
The Minister for Employment today welcomed a further increase in the number of people in work and a fall in unemployment....
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
The Government has unveiled detailed plans for the new and radically reshaped child maintenance system in Great Britain....
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Plans to make it simple for people to take their work pension with them from job to job will be published today....
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
New proposals for better supporting people on benefits after the loss of a spouse or civil partner are set out by Lord Freud....
Monday, 09 July 2012
First Government data on the Work Programme suggests the scheme is having a positive effect in helping the long-term unemployed....
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
Young disabled jobseekers on work experience will be able to access extra support to help them into mainstream placements....
Tuesday, 03 July 2012
Pensions Minister Steve Webb today laid down a summer challenge to industry that pension provision has to provide more certainty....
Monday, 02 July 2012
Minister pledges more help for hard-pressed single parent families and a fairer deal for parents who share care....
Monday, 02 July 2012
Guidance has been published for businesses wanting high quality pension schemes for the Government’s workplace pension reforms....
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Credit unions will receive up to £38m of investment to modernise and expand so they can support one million more people....
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Monday, 25 June 2012
The Secretary of State announced today that outdated Jobseeker’s Allowance legislation will not stand in the way of unemployed people....
Monday, 25 June 2012
Shared parenting key to children’s futures, says Maria Miller....
Monday, 25 June 2012
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions today announced the re-appointment of Judith Hackitt CBE as the Chair of the HSE...
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Pensions Minister Steve Webb said the Government remains resolute it will fight EU plans to apply Solvency II funding rules to pensions....
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
The Minister for Employment today welcomed a further rise in employment but urged caution in light of economic challenges ahead....
Friday, 15 June 2012
Today, a crucial step towards reforming the welfare state will be made as the detail behind the Welfare Reform Act 2012 is published....
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Following an open competition, Paul Gray has been selected....
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Independent research into housing benefit reform is published today....
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pension....
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
A speech by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform....
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
The Government has today announced a £5million expansion of the Mandatory Work Activity scheme....
Friday, 08 June 2012
Young people will receive greater incentives to get into work under Universal Credit....
Friday, 01 June 2012
4,560 businesses have been launched thanks to a Government scheme to help entrepreneurial jobseekers....
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
A speech by the Rt Hon Chris Grayling: Minister for Employment....
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
A speech by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform....
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Since The Queen ascended the throne 60 years ago, the structure of British society has shifted. The number of pensioners has doubled. ...
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Universal Credit will go live in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire region in April 2013 - six months before the national roll-out....
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
A new wage incentive scheme to encourage employers to give young disabled people further work opportunities is being announced today....