News and communications

New rules meaning over 180,000 Universal Credit claimants will have to look for more work have come into force today (Monday 13 May), as the Government helps people progress in work and off welfare.

• Updated: 13 May 2024

Reforms to occupational health services will be shaped through a £1.5m innovation fund, through Innovate UK's Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), as the government continues its drive to tackle in work sickness a…

• Updated: 14 April 2024

Find your National Insurance number and employment history using the HMRC app.

• Updated: 11 January 2024

This week marks British Beauty Week (26th – 30th October) which highlights Britain’s thriving and influential beauty brands.

• Updated: 27 October 2023

The expansion of the Youth Offer to inactive claimants, for the first time, will begin immediately to help young people into work and improve wellbeing.

• Updated: 25 September 2023

A new £3.7 million employment programme will see mentors who have beat drug or alcohol addiction placed in Jobcentres to help others with dependencies recover and get back into work.

• Updated: 18 May 2023

An extra £22 million is being invested to extend free and impartial support for people making a Universal Credit claim.

• Updated: 20 March 2023

Breaking gender bias: Environment Agency has more diverse workforce bringing greater benefit to the environment - women increasingly taking up manual work

• Updated: 7 March 2023

Thousands more jobseekers can now access tailored face-to-face job support and meet local employers as 150 new jobcentres are opened, levelling up opportunities across the country.

• Updated: 4 February 2022

New package of support to help thousands of disabled people into work as government builds back fairer.

• Updated: 29 December 2021

Fifty veterans will get a digital boost in their job-hunting endeavours thanks to a donation of laptops by National Highways

• Updated: 21 December 2021

In the final phase of our job scams campaign, DBS has been working with JobsAware and Cifas to understand the impact of scams, and how to avoid being scammed.

• Updated: 22 November 2021

This campaign will look at seasonal job scams in the months leading up to Christmas, and how to avoid.

• Updated: 25 October 2021

From Dundee to Swansea and in London boroughs, young people across all corners of Great Britain are now benefitting from new specialist employment support and advice from local Youth Hubs.

• Updated: 10 June 2021

Visit the new site to learn more about the potential to grow your knowledge, explore new specialities and develop a varied career as an APHA Vet.

• Updated: 25 May 2021

A National Insurance contributions holiday for businesses who employ armed forces veterans comes into force on 6 April 2021.

• Updated: 6 April 2021

More than 800 jobseekers per day have been referred to the government’s new £238 million JETS – Job Entry Targeted Support – programme since it launched at the start of October 2020.

• Updated: 5 December 2020

Two new programmes have been announced to help disadvantaged young people into work and use mobile technology to help jobseekers into higher paid jobs.

• Updated: 30 September 2019

Parents are to receive a helping hand to balance work and life from a brand new jobs scheme to be launched tomorrow (2 September 2019) by Amber Rudd.

• Updated: 1 September 2019

Opportunities to gain an extra qualification, go to university, get on-the-job experience or start your career if you've just finished your exams.

• Updated: 2 August 2019