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Museji Ahmed Takolia CBE has been appointed Chair of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS).
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Employment Minister Priti Patel launches the £2.5 billion European Social Fund (ESF) programme for England at Styal prison in Cheshire.
Restricted recruitment in the public sector is the last ‘closed shop’: a relic in a digital age when jobs can be advertised online easily and cheaply.
Government launching consultation on commitment to make 2.3% of workers in large public sector bodies apprentices.
Ballots for industrial action in important public services will need at least 40% of union members to have voted in favour of them before disruptive strikes can go ahead.
The UK has its highest ever employment rate of 74% with a record 31.4 million people in work.
Excessive charges for accessing a pension pot early will be brought to an end.
New milestone reached with 568 jobcentres offering the new benefit.
From 1 April 2016 workers in the UK aged over 25 earning the minimum rate of £6.70 per hour will see a 50p increase.
Ground-breaking government scheme to provide expert employment support to young people launched by Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel.
The new State Pension being introduced in April 2016 will make millions of people better off.
Minister for Employment and Indian Diaspora Champion embarks on three-city visit to India to build on success of PM Modi’s visit to UK.
Over 4,300 new businesses started with the support of the New Enterprise Allowance
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging customers to keep their personal details safe online ahead of the Self Assessment deadline.
More than three-quarters of a million people who were long-term unemployed have found a job through the government’s Work Programme.
The UK employment rate reaches new record high of 73.9% and over half a million more people are in work compared to this time last year.
Stephen Crabb says there will be "no complacency" in working to keep Wales' economic growth on track as jobs figures reveal a mixed picture.
More than five million people will be able to sell their annuity from 6 April 2017, Harriett Baldwin announces.
New milestone reached with over a quarter of a million claims made to Universal Credit.
HMRC is urging all customers to file their Self Assessment tax return before the 31 January deadline.
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