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Great British Summer Savings: Families can now find deals closer to home at the click of a button

Great British Summer Savings: Families can now find deals closer to home at the click of a button

Wednesday, 15 July 2026

Find thousands of restaurants, cinemas, theatres and other attractions near you offering customer discounts following the Chancellor’s summer tax cuts...

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Government delivers fairer deal for shoppers as Buy Now, Pay Later rules come into force

Government delivers fairer deal for shoppers as Buy Now, Pay Later rules come into force

Wednesday, 15 July 2026

New rules deliver on government commitment to give Buy-Now, Pay-Later users the same key protections offered by other forms of credit. ...

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100,000 people closer to work thanks to Government support

100,000 people closer to work thanks to Government support

Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Around 100,000 disabled people and those with health conditions are closer to work thanks to a voluntary Government programme being delivered in every...

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Rachel Reeves Mansion House 2026 speech

Rachel Reeves Mansion House 2026 speech

Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her third Mansion House speech on the evening of Tuesday 14 July 2026....

DWP Reappoints Chair of Nest

DWP Reappoints Chair of Nest

Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Brendan McCafferty has been reappointed as Chair of Nest, effective from 31 January 2027. He has served as Chair since February 2022 and will continue...

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£60 million fund launched to transform employment support

£60 million fund launched to transform employment support

Monday, 13 July 2026

Businesses, charities and innovators are being invited to compete for a share of up to £60 million to transform how disabled people and those with hea...

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Savers to see if their pension scheme is top of the league or in the relegation zone, as Government lays out timeline for biggest pension reforms in a generation

Savers to see if their pension scheme is top of the league or in the relegation zone, as Government lays out timeline for biggest pension reforms in a generation

Monday, 13 July 2026

A timetable to implement the biggest pension reforms in a generation has been published today, showing how millions of savers will benefit over the co...

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Chancellor to unlock billions in finance for small businesses

Chancellor to unlock billions in finance for small businesses

Monday, 13 July 2026

Tens of thousands of small businesses to receive a boost, as Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces most significant reforms to small business finance in ...

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UK financial system strengthened with new safeguards for major technology providers

UK financial system strengthened with new safeguards for major technology providers

Friday, 10 July 2026

Government has designated four major global cloud services and technology providers as Critical Third Parties (CTPs)....

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Roadmap for collaboration UK Spain

Roadmap for collaboration UK Spain

Friday, 10 July 2026

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and First Vice-President and Minister of Economy, Trade and Business Carlos Cuerpo Caballero have signed a r...

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Vanessa Lawrence, Andrew Halford and Iain Mackay reappointed on UK Government Investments Board

Vanessa Lawrence, Andrew Halford and Iain Mackay reappointed on UK Government Investments Board

Thursday, 09 July 2026

His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) has today announced the reappointment of Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, Andrew Halford and Iain Mackay as Non-Executive Director...

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David Miles nominated for reappointment as member of the OBR’s Budget Responsibility Committee

David Miles nominated for reappointment as member of the OBR’s Budget Responsibility Committee

Thursday, 09 July 2026

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has today nominated Professor David Miles CBE to serve a second term in the BRC. ...

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Non executive director reappointment at GAD

Non executive director reappointment at GAD

Thursday, 09 July 2026

The Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) announces the reappointment of Liz Thornhill as non-executive director....

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Plan to track progress on lifting 550,000 children out of poverty published

Plan to track progress on lifting 550,000 children out of poverty published

Thursday, 09 July 2026

Families across the country will be able to see how the Government will track its progress in tackling child poverty in the years ahead, as a new repo...

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First comprehensive review into PIP finds it is “not fit for purpose”

First comprehensive review into PIP finds it is “not fit for purpose”

Wednesday, 08 July 2026

Personal Independence Payment is no longer fit for purpose and is failing to keep pace with how disability, health and work have changed over the past...

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Manor of Northstead

Manor of Northstead

Wednesday, 08 July 2026

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has this day appointed Nigel Paul Farage to be Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead....

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Joint statement from member countries of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism

Joint statement from member countries of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism

Tuesday, 07 July 2026

Joint statement from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Finland and Poland ...

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Views sought to transform benefit paid to carers

Views sought to transform benefit paid to carers

Monday, 06 July 2026

Opening today (Tuesday 7 July 2026) the six-week call for evidence will gather views on: modernising the earnings limit to reduce the impact of the cu...

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Supported housing residents to keep more of what they earn under new rules

Supported housing residents to keep more of what they earn under new rules

Sunday, 05 July 2026

More than 300,000 residents in supported housing and temporary accommodation will no longer face a drop in income when increasing their working hours,...

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BAE Systems tops the DWP's latest apprenticeships rankings as leading employers named

BAE Systems tops the DWP's latest apprenticeships rankings as leading employers named

Friday, 03 July 2026

Top ranking apprenticeship employers have been revealed after the publication of the new leaderboard – with BAE Systems topping the list for 2026. ...

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Keep Britain Working continues drive to stop people falling out of the workforce

Keep Britain Working continues drive to stop people falling out of the workforce

Thursday, 02 July 2026

Nearly 200 workplaces have signed up to be “Vanguards” preventing people dropping out of work due to ill-health, in a new milestone for the programme....

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Brighton’s first Youth Guarantee Jobs Fair sees hundreds of young people connect with local employers

Brighton’s first Youth Guarantee Jobs Fair sees hundreds of young people connect with local employers

Wednesday, 01 July 2026

More than 650 young people from across Brighton and the wider local area descended on the world-famous Brighton Centre to meet with some of the region...

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Green Book changes to drive investment in all parts of UK

Green Book changes to drive investment in all parts of UK

Wednesday, 01 July 2026

Communities that have been under-invested in and overlooked for decades are now getting a fair hearing as the Chancellor pushes forward with her overh...

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Welfare reforms saving taxpayer £1 billion come into force

Welfare reforms saving taxpayer £1 billion come into force

Wednesday, 01 July 2026

Reforms to the Motability scheme come into force today (1 July 2026), saving taxpayers £1 billion by 2030 while protecting disabled people's access to...

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Government steps up drive to reconnect young people with £1.6 billion in unclaimed savings

Government steps up drive to reconnect young people with £1.6 billion in unclaimed savings

Monday, 29 June 2026

Taskforce set up by government to encourage young people to claim their Child Trust Funds....

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Funding for businesses who give youngsters a chance as Government ramps up youth jobs drive

Funding for businesses who give youngsters a chance as Government ramps up youth jobs drive

Monday, 29 June 2026

Businesses who take on jobless youngsters will be offered thousands of pounds in the latest boost to youth employment support....

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Health assessments to be recorded as standard in major transparency drive

Health assessments to be recorded as standard in major transparency drive

Monday, 29 June 2026

All face-to-face and telephone health assessments for disability and sickness benefits will be audio recorded as standard from today to improve transp...

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Thousands more out of work benefit claimants to get personalised support

Thousands more out of work benefit claimants to get personalised support

Thursday, 25 June 2026

Up to 40,000 disabled people and people with health conditions will benefit from expanded access to personalised support, as the government rolls out ...

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Great British Summer Savings: Tax cut on kids’ meals and days out goes live

Great British Summer Savings: Tax cut on kids’ meals and days out goes live

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Tax cut on meals and days out come into force....

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Driving bans for those who refuse to repay benefit debts as new DWP powers come into force 

Driving bans for those who refuse to repay benefit debts as new DWP powers come into force 

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

People who have stopped receiving benefits but still refuse to repay money owed to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could be banned from dri...

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