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Wednesday, 25 January 2012
An extra £20 million will be made available to support separated and separating families....
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
The Work Programme is designed to deliver a step change in our support of people who are at risk of long term unemployment....
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Speech by the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP....
Friday, 20 January 2012
A multi-million pound Government campaign aimed at getting millions of people saving more for their retirement launches in the print press....
Friday, 20 January 2012
The Government has published the first detailed research tracking the country of origin of benefit claimants currently in the UK....
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Local authority and housing association partnerships to work with on pioneering housing benefit payments projects....
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
New figures published by the Office for National Statistics today show 29.12 million people in work, a rise of 18,000....
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Research by the Department for Work and Pensions shows that age-related discrimination and stereotyping remain rooted in British society....
Tuesday, 03 January 2012
The Government has today announced a new £200 million outreach service to help England’s most troubled families. ...
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Ian Russell, CBE has been reappointed for a further five years as Chairman of Remploy when his current appointment ends on 7 January 2012....
Friday, 16 December 2011
Consultation on reforming the Work Capability Assessment....
Thursday, 15 December 2011
New plans are published today that will ensure that money saved into a pension stays in a pension....
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Findings are published today from the evaluation of Lone Parent Obligations (LPO)....
Thursday, 15 December 2011
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP....
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
An additional £30 million will be available for local councils to help around 40,000 households including disabled people and foster carers....
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
New figures published by the Office for National Statistics today show unemployment (ILO measure) at 2.638 million....
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Twenty per cent of people referred to the Work Programme are getting support from the voluntary sector....
Monday, 12 December 2011
As freezing temperatures hit Britain, the first Cold Weather Payments of this winter have been triggered....
Monday, 12 December 2011
The current system of paying bereavement benefits is inconsistent and complex, with no encouragement to return to work....
Thursday, 08 December 2011
Research - programme impacts across Jobcentre Plus districts participating in the Employment, Retention and Advancement (ERA) Demonstration....
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Pensioners will benefit from the biggest cash increase to their basic State Pension from next April....
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
A Call for Evidence into how Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) might operate for claimants in the future....
Friday, 02 December 2011
Speech by by The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP....
Thursday, 01 December 2011
Disabled people living in residential care will continue to have their additional mobility needs met through DLA and PIP....
Thursday, 01 December 2011
Disabled people and their organisations invited to help shape future policy and develop a new cohesive cross-government disability strategy....
Thursday, 01 December 2011
Only 38% of working-age people - are saving into a private pension, the lowest level in the past ten years....
Monday, 28 November 2011
The first awards to support grassroots disability organisations have been announced today....
Monday, 28 November 2011
The Government today confirmed that automatic enrolment will begin on time in autumn 2012 and all employers will remain in scope....
Monday, 28 November 2011
The Government has announced plans to begin a major cut back of health and safety red tape as early as January....