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Latest figures show nearly 14,000 people are aged 100 or more in the UK.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
More than 53,000 new businesses have been set up thanks to a government scheme which helps people on benefits become their own boss.
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance is now below 1 million and unemployment has seen the largest annual fall in 25 years.
Single and separated parents who have previously received no maintenance from their former partner could start receiving payments.
Restrictions limiting the amount that millions of British workers can save towards their pensions are now set to be scrapped.
Mayank Prakash has been appointed as the new Director General for Technology at the Department for Work and Pensions.
The next stage of the government’s pension reforms will receive their Second Reading in Parliament.
Judith Paterson takes up her appointment on the Social Security Advisory Committee today (1 September 2014).
Thousands of high street businesses could be turning away the custom of 1 in 5 people by not attracting disabled people.
The number of disabled people in apprenticeships has more than tripled in the last 10 years.
New figures reveal Watford, north Dorset and the Shetland Islands are leading the way against outdated stereotypes of older workers.
Saving into a workplace pension is becoming more of a social norm, new research shows.
Expansion of the Troubled Families programme to help vulnerable younger children from struggling homes get a better chance in life.
Today (15 August 2014) marks 600 days until the start of the new State Pension – on 6 April 2016.
Four million people have now been automatically enrolled in workplace pensions – an increase of over 1 million this year or over 6,000 a day on average.
Youth unemployment has seen the largest annual fall since records began alongside the steepest annual fall in unemployment in 25 years.
The last of a series of radical changes to the child maintenance system is implemented today (11 August 2014).
11.9m people in the UK are failing to save enough for retirement but many only need make modest changes to safeguard their financial future.
Almost 10,000 people who had their benefits capped have now moved into work or stopped claiming Housing Benefit entirely.
Minister for Welfare Reform, Lord Freud, has announced 6 appointments to the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).
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