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From Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
  • 'We need all our young people to be working and contributing' say Mayor and Employment Minister

    New project to help young Londoners improve their career prospects through vital work experience and jobs advice.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Simplifying the state pension

    The amount of state pension money paid out to pensioners can differ by more than £200 a week - that’s a difference of £10,000 a year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jobs boost welcomed as unemployment falls for fifth month

    Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith today welcomed a fifth consecutive fall in unemployment.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Two new appointments to the HSE board

    Howard Shiplee and Sarah Veale have been appointed to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board as non-executive directors.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Judge rejects claims that work schemes are forced labour

    Schemes to help unemployed people get work are not slave labour, a Judicial review has ruled.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Automatic enrolment to double private pension income by the time people now starting work reach their retirement

    Automatic enrolment could almost double private pension income by the time people now starting work reach their retirement.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 15 per cent drop in employees’ pension saving since 2007. Webb – automatic enrolment will stop the savings slump

    Automatic enrolment will reverse the slump in pension saving, with around half of British firms with no pension provision choosing NEST.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government launches wage incentive for disabled people

    Young disabled people are set to benefit from a new wage incentive which is being launched today by the Minister for Disabled People.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More disabled groups set to benefit from £3m fund

    From today, disabled grassroots organisations in Scotland and Wales will be able to access a £3 million fund.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £300m support for future mesothelioma victims

    From today newly diagnosed victims of mesothelioma will receive help through a new support scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Grayling: It’s in everybody’s interest that we get WCA right first time

    The latest figures show that 55 per cent of new claimants who go through the Work Capability Assessment are found fit for some form of work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Freud names local authority pilot long-list for Universal Credit

    The DWP and the Local Government Association name fifteen local authorities recommended as potential pilot sites for Universal Credit.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Welfare Reform Act 2012: implications and challenges for local authorities

    Speech by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Radical scheme to rescue NEETs

    Young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs) stand to benefit from a new scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Commission calls for views on childcare

    Parents, early years professionals and others with an interest in childcare are today being urged to come forward with their ideas.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Commission calls for views on childcare

    Parents, early years professionals and others with an interest in childcare are today being urged to come forward with their ideas to help improve the accessibility and affordability of childcare.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 11 million under-saving Brits

    Almost 11 million Brits are facing inadequate retirement incomes according to new figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jobs continue to be created leading to rise in employment

    The Minister for Employment today welcomed a further increase in the number of people in work and a fall in unemployment.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government’s radical vision to transform child maintenance system

    The Government has unveiled detailed plans for the new and radically reshaped child maintenance system in Great Britain.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Webb: Change your job, take your pension with you

    Plans to make it simple for people to take their work pension with them from job to job will be published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government