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  • Today (Thursday 15 July 2021), Baroness Stedman-Scott will set out plans to extend bereavement support to cohabiting couples with children.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Independent Green Jobs Taskforce issues call to action on how the UK can deliver a green industrial revolution with government, business and the education sector working together.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Plans to support savers seeking access to their pension pots are outlined today in a change to ensure people are fully informed before moving their money.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Fast-tracked access to benefits will be extended to more people diagnosed with a terminal illness, increasing the support for those nearing the end of their lives.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Pension schemes are joining forces to ensure they can contribute to a more sustainable society, as Britain builds back better, fairer and greener.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Kate Jones has today been announced as the new Chair of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and will take up the post on 1 July 2021.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Families in England will receive extra support with food and key utility bills, thanks to the final extension of the Government’s COVID Local Support Grant announced today.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • UK National Statement at the 14th Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • 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.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The UK today becomes the first major economy to push forward plans to make pension schemes mitigate against the risks of climate change.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Thousands of vulnerable people, including care leavers, will get more cash to pay their rent, thanks to changes to housing benefits.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has partnered with Google to provide 9,000 jobseekers across the UK with scholarships to gain a Google Career Certificate.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Around 100,000 people who lost jobs in the pandemic are on the road back to work thanks to a government programme providing targeted support to relaunch their careers.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government plans to protect small pension pots by limiting the level at which fees can be charged on them will be outlined today.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Savers will have a much clearer picture of their pension pots from next year, thanks to government plans to introduce simpler annual statements.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma marked less than six months to go until the climate change summit this November, as Government Ministers travelled across the country to see how the UK is greening all parts of society.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The government is helping shut the door on social media scammers trying to plunder people’s pensions under new scam prevention measures due this autumn.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The Department for Work and Pensions has announced the appointment of Sarah Smart as the new permanent Chair of The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The recruitment is a further boost for the government’s Plan for Jobs, which aims to help people of all ages move into work.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • More disabled people will be helped into work thanks to new government support.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government