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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
The scope of Professor Lofstedt’s Review into health and safety legislation is set out today as the draft terms of reference are published....
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Rising private sector employment and a fall in the overall number of people unemployed is a welcome step in the right direction....
Wednesday, 06 April 2011
New research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) explores the relationship between work and parenthood....
Tuesday, 05 April 2011
Maria Miller MP, the Minister for Disabled People, speaks to the Capita conference on Monday 28 March 2011....
Monday, 04 April 2011
Disabled people will be able to rely on a non means tested cash benefit as Living Allowance is replaced by Personal Independence Payment....
Monday, 04 April 2011
Plans that will see the biggest shake up of the state pension system for generations were unveiled today....
Friday, 01 April 2011
New Housing Benefit rules come into force bringing fairness back to the Local Housing Allowance system and cutting the Housing Benefit bill....
Friday, 01 April 2011
Almost 300 voluntary sector organisations are to be part of a massive national programme to tackle long term benefit dependency....
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Jobseekers will be given training to gain new skills, but will face having their benefits stopped if they refuse the offer of help....
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Research published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) presents findings from an evaluation of the sanction of Housing Benefit....
Monday, 28 March 2011
Maria Miller Minister for Disabled People, has announced the appointment of Dr Rachel Perkins as the new Chair to Equality 2025....
Monday, 28 March 2011
A speech by Maria Miller MP, Minister for Disabled People....
Friday, 25 March 2011
Deep Sagar has been selected as the Department’s preferred candidate for the role of Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee....
Monday, 21 March 2011
Health and safety regulation will focus on high hazard sites and tackling rogue employers and consultants....
Monday, 21 March 2011
A speech by Lord David Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform....
Friday, 18 March 2011
People dealing with the death of a relative will be able to check if they’re eligible for help with funeral costs with just one phone call....
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
New figures published today show that unemployment (ILO measure) has risen by 27,000 on the quarter to 2.5 million....
Monday, 14 March 2011
Jobseekers needing additional support to get back to work could be referred onto Mandatory Work Activity placements under new welfare rules....
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
A speech given by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions....
Thursday, 03 March 2011
Urgent restrictions on Crisis Loans have been announced today in order to protect the discretionary Social Fund budget....
Thursday, 03 March 2011
Analysis of the Labour Force Survey (LFS), supplemented by a review of published studies into the job search practices of different groups....
Thursday, 03 March 2011
A new service to replace welfare cheques was announced by the Department for Work and Pensions today....
Tuesday, 01 March 2011
Findings of research exploring the use of vesting rules and default options in occupational pension schemes....
Thursday, 17 February 2011
The Government has today called for a major review of the sickness absence system....
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Launching the Welfare Reform Bill, Iain Duncan Smith hailed what promises to be the biggest shake up of the system for 60 years....
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Ministers have welcomed the news that the latest unemployment figures show the labour market stabilising after a difficult last few months....
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Ministers are on track to implement the recommendations of the recent Harrington Review of the Work Capability Assessment by the summer....
Thursday, 10 February 2011
The first published findings from the Government’s incapacity benefit reassessment programme....
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Research published today by DWP measures customer experiences and satisfaction of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS)....
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Speech by the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, Minister for Employment, DWP....