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The government will bring forward a new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill in this parliamentary session to crack down on fraud in the social security system.
An exchange of correspondence between SSAC's Chair and the Minister for Social Security and Disability about the benefit treatment of infected blood payments received from the estate of a deceased infected person.
Local leaders laid bare the stark challenges that must be overcome to tackle child poverty in their communities when they met with the new Child Poverty Taskforce today [Thursday 19 September].
The ‘lockdown generation’ who’ve been consigned to the ‘scrapheap’ will get life-changing support through major reforms to get Britain working again, the Minister for Employment has vowed in her first speech since taking off…
Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Employment delivered a speech setting out how to get Britain's labour market and economy working again.
Thousands of people missing Home Responsibilities Protection on their National Insurance record could boost their State Pension during Pensions Awareness Week.
Spiralling economic inactivity to be addressed as new Labour Market Advisory Board launched to advise government on getting Britain working again.
Millions of vulnerable people to receive help this winter as the Work and Pensions Secretary extends the Household Support Fund
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to launch Pension Credit Week of Action to boost take-up of vital benefit
Dr Jennifer Hoyle, Lesley Francois and Daniel Shears have been reappointed to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council from 1 September 2024.
Pensioners urged to check if they could be eligible for Pension Credit to secure the Winter Fuel Payment, worth up to £300 per household.
Urgent work on tackling one of Britain’s biggest social injustices begun yesterday [Wednesday 14 August] as the government’s Child Poverty Taskforce met for the first time.
Child maintenance consultation extended to allow more time for engagement from external organisations.
We’re changing the way the Minimum Wage is set so it keeps in line with the cost of living.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall delivered a landmark speech setting out how Britain's system of employment support must be fundamentally reformed.
Liz Kendall will today set out how Britain’s system of employment support must be fundamentally reformed to tackle the “most urgent challenge” of spiralling economic inactivity.
Landmark pensions review part of Government’s mission to ‘boost growth and make every part of Britain better off’.
The ‘truly dire’ state of the labour market has been revealed today with the number of people classed as economically inactive has spiralled to 9.4 million, as the Work and Pensions Secretary reaffirms her Plan to Get Britai…
On a visit to Leeds Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will today (Thursday 11 July) confirm the Government’s commitments to its manifesto Back to Work Plan, and say tackling economic inactivity is central to the Govern…
Government action cuts migration on key routes by 25% in the first 4 months of 2024, compared to the same period in 2023.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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