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Long-term unemployment fell by 15,000 this quarter to its lowest level for nearly a year, according to official figures released today.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Announcement of the appointment of a new Chief Information Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions.
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP.
The Coalition Government’s plans to simplify the state pension system with the creation of the “Single Tier” pension, have been published.
News on who has been appointed to help improve social mobility and reduce child poverty in the UK.
Today Ministers confirmed the final elements of Universal Credit, making clear that 3 million families will be better off.
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
A consultation is being launched to call for a better measurement of child poverty that reflects the reality in the UK today.
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
More than half a million people will be saving in a workplace pension for the first time by Christmas.
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
New ministerial team welcomed to the Department.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith today welcomed a fifth consecutive fall in unemployment.
Schemes to help unemployed people get work are not slave labour, a Judicial review has ruled.
Alan Milburn has emerged as the preferred candidate to be Chair of the independent Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
The Secretary of State announced today that outdated Jobseeker’s Allowance legislation will not stand in the way of unemployed people.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions today announced the re-appointment of Judith Hackitt CBE as the Chair of the HSE
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