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If you’re a jobseeker finding your way back into work or an employer looking for the right person to help your business, Jobcentre Plus and Way to Work can help.
Half a million people have been supported into work in less than 6 months thanks to “Way to Work”, a government drive to get jobseekers into vacancies.
Jobcentres back 1,000 women into construction
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1,000 women have got jobs in the construction and engineering sector, thanks to a partnership between DWP and Women into Construction.
Over 8 million families in the UK getting new cost of living payment from 14 July 2022
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Over 8 million households in the UK will get a cash payment from July 2022 to ease cost of living pressures.
Green Nudge to Greater Knowledge: COP26 trials launched
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Over 160,000 pension scheme members will be encouraged to learn more about making greener pension choices in a new three-week trial.
UK pensions have been given a green boost through new measures which will drive forward ambitions to tackle climate risk.
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.
DWP is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies.
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