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The employment rate hits a record high of 74.4%, with 31.7 million people in work.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Damian Green, the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has today welcomed the department’s new ministerial team.
DWP is the biggest single user of the payments system. Every year we distribute around £167 billion to 22 million people.
Welfare reform – giving everyone the opportunity to realise their ambitions and potential, in learning, work and throughout life.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
A number of ministerial appointments have been announced including ministers for the Home Office, DCMS, the Treasury, DfT and DWP.
Penny Mordaunt is Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions, and Mike Penning is Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence.
Damian Green is the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister.
A consultation has been launched today on the future of NEST, the government-backed provider of workplace pensions.
Two new trustees have been appointed to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation.
The Minister for Pensions has welcomed the appointment of Arnold Wagner OBE to the role of Chair of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
Lord Freud spoke about the benefits of working together to improve people’s lives at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference.
Entrepreneurial jobseekers have launched nearly 85,000 new businesses through a government scheme to boost self-employment and drive innovation.
Universal Credit becomes available to all types of claimant in Harrogate, Richmond (North Yorkshire), Inverness, Hammersmith and Ryedale.
Household incomes have risen to a record high according to statistics released today, with the fastest growth in 10 years.
Unemployment has dropped to its lowest rate since 2005 while the employment rate has stayed at a record high of 74.2%.
Proposals to prevent people in occupational schemes facing exit charges for accessing their pensions early have been launched by ministers.
Bath, Newcastle, Bridgwater, Rugby and Lowestoft all expand Universal Credit.
The Minister for Disabled People has reappointed 4 members of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council for a further 3 years.
New figures show that fraud and error in the benefits system remains at the lowest level ever recorded.
The employment rate in the UK has hit another record high of 74.2%, and there are more people in work than ever before.
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