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Monday, 02 April 2012
The Minister for Employment Chris Grayling has urged employers to sign up to a new work experience charter published today....
Monday, 02 April 2012
Six months to go until Automatic Enrolment begins and new figures show that final salary pension scheme payouts will reach a record high....
Friday, 30 March 2012
People who are able to get back into the workplace will get Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance...
Thursday, 29 March 2012
A new approach to encourage poorer pensioners to claim Pension Credit using automatic payments has had little impact, DWP research reveals....
Monday, 26 March 2012
The final stages for automatic enrolment are put in place as the response to the consultation on the earnings threshold is published....
Monday, 26 March 2012
Isobel Garner has been appointed to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board as non-executive director. ...
Friday, 23 March 2012
Lone parents will start getting the help they need to look for work earlier rather than stay on benefits....
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
A speech by Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform....
Thursday, 15 March 2012
More than one third of people going through incapacity benefits reassessment have been found to be fit for work....
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP...
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
There are further signs that the labour market is stabilising despite the tough economic climate....
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP...
Friday, 09 March 2012
This week we have been made aware of an allegation of attempted fraud in relation to a Mandatory Work Activity contract with A4e....
Thursday, 08 March 2012
Iain Duncan Smith’s Welfare Reform Bill became law today marking an historic moment for the Coalition Government....
Wednesday, 07 March 2012
The Government announces that disability employment services should be focused on disabled people themselves, rather than institutions....
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Major overhaul of the employment support prisoners receive when they leave jail....
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Some of the UK’s top companies pledge to take part in the Voluntary Work Experience scheme....
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Monday, 27 February 2012
An extra £5.9m of Government funding has been allocated to councils in London to help benefit claimants renting in the private sector. …...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Universal Credit will reduce fraud and error in the benefits system, Ministers said today....
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Today the Department for Work and Pensions has published official statistics for Work Programme referrals and attachments....
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
New figures published by the Office for National Statistics today, show the labour market is stabilising....
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
People who commit ‘living together’ benefit fraud are being warned they face tough new sanctions under the welfare reform bill....
Monday, 13 February 2012
The Deputy Prime Minister is calling on businesses to sign up to the government’s flagship £1 billion Youth Contract....
Thursday, 09 February 2012
Over one million pensioners who may be entitled to Pension Credit should check if they are missing out on extra cash....
Wednesday, 01 February 2012
A key package of regulation to help employers prepare for automatic enrolment into workplace pensions is published today....
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Research shows that encouraging older people to apply for smart cards and passes online can save money and improve services....
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
A revised timetable for when employers of all sizes must start enrolling their staff in a workplace pension is set out by the government....
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
The latest figures show that 57 per cent of people who go through the Work Capability Assessment are found fit for some form of work....