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From Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
  • Number in employment reaches record high

    Official figures released today (24 January 2018) show that the employment rate is at a joint record high of 75.3%, with a record 32.2 million people in work.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Claiming Funeral Expenses Payment to be made easier

    Changes to funeral payments will make it easier for people on some income-related benefits to get help towards the cost of a funeral for loved ones.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Appointment of Peter Schofield as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions

    Peter Schofield has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary on Sir Robert Devereux’s retirement later this month.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Chair of the Pensions Regulator re-appointed

    The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that Mark Boyle has been re-appointed for a second term as Non-Executive Chair of The Pensions Regulator.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Final DWP customer telephone lines become free

    All customer phone lines to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have become Freephone numbers.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Self-employed on Universal Credit to get business support

    Recipients of Universal Credit full service who are self-employed can now receive business mentoring if their earnings are low.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government publishes ambitious plans to give millions a more financially secure retirement

    The review of automatic enrolment includes major recommendations that will set millions of people on the path to a more financially secure retirement.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Ministers take action to bolster PIP services

    The government has accepted the recommendations of Paul Gray's second independent review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Child maintenance consultation launched

    Tough new powers to help tackle child maintenance arrears are being proposed in a consultation that launched today (14 December 2017).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unemployment remains at four-decade low

    Unemployment is at just 4.3%, the lowest level since 1975 – and official figures have shown a fall in the unemployment rate every month in 2017.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Pensions Dashboard Development Day

    The Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion's speech about the Pensions Dashboard.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • 75th Anniversary of the Beveridge Report

    Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Gauke's speech on the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge report at the London School of Economics.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government and FCA crack down on older pension scheme charges

    A government and FCA crackdown on excessive costs has lowered charges on £24 billion worth of assets for members of older workplace pension schemes.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New employment programme begins in England and Wales

    The government’s new Work and Health Programme to help disabled people into employment started this week in north west England and Wales.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Master trust pension schemes consultation

    Master trust pension schemes will need to meet 5 key tests in order to continue operating, under new regulations confirmed by the government today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Strategy seeks one million more disabled people in work by 2027

    Ambitious plans aimed to get one million more disabled people in work over the next 10 years have been set out today (30 November) by ministers.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government sets out plan to see more disabled people in work

    The government has launched new plans to transform disability employment over the next ten years.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Number of workless households falls by 49,000 in a year

    The number of households where no one is working has fallen by 49,000 in just a year according to official figures released today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More detail on £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit

    More details of the £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit were set out today by David Gauke, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unemployment remains at 40-year low

    Official figures show that unemployment has remained at 4.3%, the lowest rate since 1975.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government