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More help for pensioners as Basic State  Pension set to rise in 2011

More help for pensioners as Basic State Pension set to rise in 2011

Wednesday, 08 December 2010

Pensioners and benefit recipients will get more help in 2011 as the Government today announces that the Basic State Pension will increase....

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New chair for the Pensions Regulator

New chair for the Pensions Regulator

Wednesday, 08 December 2010

The Department for Work and Pensions announced today that Michael O’Higgins has been appointed as chair of The Pensions Regulator....

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Publication of working paper no. 93 Lone parents and employment: an exploration of  findings from the Families and Children’s Study 2006 8

Publication of working paper no. 93 Lone parents and employment: an exploration of findings from the Families and Children’s Study 2006 8

Tuesday, 07 December 2010

Work entry and retention for lone mothers, along with the attitudes of lone mothers to work and caring for their children. ...

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Institute for Public Policy Research

Institute for Public Policy Research

Tuesday, 07 December 2010

A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP....

Welfare reform: Disability Living Allowance for the 21st century

Welfare reform: Disability Living Allowance for the 21st century

Monday, 06 December 2010

Disabled people and their organisations asked to join the debate on reforming Disability Living Allowance....

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Getting it Right –  RADAR Chief Executive will review Employment Support for Disabled People

Getting it Right – RADAR Chief Executive will review Employment Support for Disabled People

Thursday, 02 December 2010

Employment support for disabled people has to offer more help then ever before....

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DWP  Research Report No. 714 ‘Exempt and supported accommodation’

DWP Research Report No. 714 ‘Exempt and supported accommodation’

Thursday, 02 December 2010

New research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions investigates ‘exempt’ and supported accommodation....

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Housing  Benefit reforms will restore fairness to broken system

Housing Benefit reforms will restore fairness to broken system

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Ministers today reaffirmed their determination to drive private sector rents for Housing Benefit recipients down....

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Publication of DWP Working Paper No. 91: 'Pension scheme administration costs'

Publication of DWP Working Paper No. 91: 'Pension scheme administration costs'

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Working Paper which presents the findings from research exploring the administrative costs of running occupational pension schemes. ...

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Publication of research report RR712   Supporting lone parents journey off benefits and into work: a qualitative evaluation of the role of In Work Credit (IWC)

Publication of research report RR712 Supporting lone parents journey off benefits and into work: a qualitative evaluation of the role of In Work Credit (IWC)

Friday, 26 November 2010

Findings are published today from a qualitative evaluation of In Work Credit (IWC)....

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Publication of research report no 708   Can altering the structure of financial support  payments aid work retention amongst lone parents? Qualitative evaluation of the  In Work Retention Pilot (IWRP)

Publication of research report no 708 Can altering the structure of financial support payments aid work retention amongst lone parents? Qualitative evaluation of the In Work Retention Pilot (IWRP)

Friday, 26 November 2010

Findings published from a qualitative evaluation of a pilot variation in the structure of In Work Credit payments for lone parents....

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Public  consultation: The  Jobseeker’s Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity) Regulations 2011

Public consultation: The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity) Regulations 2011

Friday, 26 November 2010

Social Security Advisory Committee ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider Social Security Regulations (2011)....

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Details of Work Programme framework

Details of Work Programme framework

Thursday, 25 November 2010

The organisations making the framework for the Government’s radical new Work Programme, which will see jobseekers given tailored support....

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Publication of DWP Working Paper 89:  Using the new Family Resources Survey question block to measure material  deprivation among pensioners

Publication of DWP Working Paper 89: Using the new Family Resources Survey question block to measure material deprivation among pensioners

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Working paper takes the material deprivation questions for older people and assesses ways that they might be used....

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Fitness for work assessment will be improved

Fitness for work assessment will be improved

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Changes will be made to the Work Capability Assessment to iron out any problems and improve the system....

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Publication of DWP research report 713: local  delivery of joined up services for older people

Publication of DWP research report 713: local delivery of joined up services for older people

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Research published today reports on local areas that have joined-up the delivery of services for older people....

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Publication of DWP working paper 90: measuring  attitudes to age in Britain: reliability and validity of the indicators

Publication of DWP working paper 90: measuring attitudes to age in Britain: reliability and validity of the indicators

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Development of a new, reliable and short set of indicators to measure attitudes to age in nationally representative surveys....

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Government gives £1 million to help people keep Active at 60

Government gives £1 million to help people keep Active at 60

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Community groups in areas across the country can now bid for money to help older people keep active and make the most of their later lives....

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Next phase of European Social Fund begins

Next phase of European Social Fund begins

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Helping some of the most disadvantaged and unskilled people back to work continues to be the top priority of the European Social Fund (ESF)....

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Rise in employment welcome, but too many remain dependent on benefits

Rise in employment welcome, but too many remain dependent on benefits

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Rising employment and a fall in the overall numbers out of work is reassuring news, but stubbornly high numbers are dependant on benefits....

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Tackling poverty and social exclusion through a balanced approach to migration

Tackling poverty and social exclusion through a balanced approach to migration

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Speech by the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP....

European Social Fund mid programme conference

European Social Fund mid programme conference

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Speech by The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP....

UK responds to European Commission consultation on pensions

UK responds to European Commission consultation on pensions

Friday, 12 November 2010

Response to the European Commission’s Green Paper “towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems”....

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Publication  of DWP research report 707: Employment and Support Allowance: findings from a  face to face survey of customers

Publication of DWP research report 707: Employment and Support Allowance: findings from a face to face survey of customers

Friday, 12 November 2010

Survey focusing on the characteristics, views and experiences of customers who have made a claim for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)....

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Welfare Reform White Paper: Universal Credit to make work pay: Radical welfare  reforms bring an end to complex system

Welfare Reform White Paper: Universal Credit to make work pay: Radical welfare reforms bring an end to complex system

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Universal Credit will make work pay for some of the poorest people in Britain....

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Universal Credit: welfare that works

Universal Credit: welfare that works

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith....

Publication of working paper No. 86 The Department for Work and Pensions Social  Cost Benefit Analysis framework: Methodologies for estimating and incorporating  the wider social and economic impacts of work in cost benefit analysis of  employment program
Increase to state pension age details published

Increase to state pension age details published

Wednesday, 03 November 2010

Details on how the State Pension age will rise to 66 are published today....

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Relate Annual Conference

Relate Annual Conference

Wednesday, 03 November 2010

Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith...

Publication of DWP working paper: No 87: Research on Predictions of Incomes in Retirement

Publication of DWP working paper: No 87: Research on Predictions of Incomes in Retirement

Tuesday, 02 November 2010

Working Paper which presents the findings from research on the nature and cognitive basis of people’s predictions of income in retirement....

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