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Anthony Arter has been appointed Pensions Ombudsman and Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman, DWP announced today (13 February 2015).
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A new system to stop workers losing their small pension pots as they move from job to job is due to start in autumn 2016.
New report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) finds young people in certain parts of the country face inherent disadvantages when preparing themselves for work, with significant geographic differences f…
A free government service to help millions of people better understand their State Pension is being expanded.
Anthony Arter has been named as the preferred candidate for the role of Pensions Ombudsman/Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman.
The benefit cap is encouraging more people to work or stop claiming Housing Benefit.
Helping ensure value for money in workplace pensions – safeguarding against high and unfair charges and transferring around £200m to savers.
The Pension Tracing Service that helps people find lost pension cash is undergoing a major expansion.
Former director of employment business WHG Offshore LTD pleads guilty of failure to pay a work-seeker after the firm went into administration.
Freezing temperatures around the country are due to trigger further Cold Weather Payments this week.
Parliament is to consider plans to more than double the maximum administrative penalty for benefit fraud from £2,000 to £5,000.
This is your last opportunity to use HMRC’s new online chat service for customers with Self Assessment queries this January.
Employment Minister Esther McVey urges people not to hide their accents when looking for work.
Women should take advantage of the 12 million future vacancies traditionally considered male jobs, like construction and engineering.
More companies across the country are waking up to the considerable talents of disabled people in the workplace, says Mark Harper.
Lord Freud's, Minister for Welfare Reform, speech to the Local Government Association (LGA) about Universal Credit and Universal Support.
A new milestone has been reached with the unemployment rate falling below 6% for the first time in 6 years.
Over a million jobseekers have signed up to a Claimant Commitment meaning they need to do more to find work or face losing their benefits.
The new rates of pensions and allowances payable under the War Pensions Scheme from 6 April 2015 have now been announced and are set out in the tables below.
Statement from Vince Cable on an amendment to the Code, concerning the right of accompaniment to a grievance hearing.
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