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  • Free schools announcement: David Cameron's speech

    The Prime Minister spoke at the Green School, Isleworth on jobs, money, homes, schools and savings and announced 49 new free schools.

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

  • EU jobseekers barred from claiming Universal Credit

    From today (9 March 2015), new EU migrants who have arrived in the UK will be prevented from claiming benefits until they have started work.

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

  • Young UK women outshine Europe

    Young UK women are putting their European counterparts to shame.

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

  • One month to pension freedoms

    Industry figures say they are developing products that meet people’s needs, and interim pension changes have already proved popular.

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

  • Foreign Secretary's International Women's Day message

    Philip Hammond says that we should celebrate progress made on women’s rights globally, but more must be done.

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

  • Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate carries out targeted inspections in Sheffield

    Inspectors from the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate led a number of successful visits to businesses in the Sheffield area.

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

  • Pension freedoms protected and new breed of pension schemes become law

    Radical new legislation marking the culmination of this Parliament’s pension reform agenda has become law.

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

  • FCA and DWP publish call for evidence on transaction costs

    A joint call for evidence on the disclosure of transaction cost information for workplace pension schemes has been published.

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

  • Appointment of new Trustees to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation

    Appointment of 3 new Trustees to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation, announced.

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

  • Iain Duncan Smith: It pays to save

    Putting the future of Britain’s pensions on a sustainable footing.

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

  • Press Statement

    A press statement from the British High Commission with regards to the dismissal of an employee.

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

  • Pension saving at record high

    Britain now has the highest level of pension saving since records began in 1997.

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

  • Half a million work experience and training opportunities snapped up

    Jobseekers have taken part in half a million voluntary employer-led placements or work experience through Jobcentre Plus since January 2011.

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

  • OECD launches UK Economic Survey: “Finishing the Job”

    Latest OECD Economic Survey confirms that the UK has jump-started its engines for growth. Now is the time to 'finish the job'.

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

  • Small and medium employers setting the standard for maximising skills, new research shows

    A new report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) shows many small and medium sized businesses are forging a path when it comes to maximising the talents of their employees, but a gulf exists between the …

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  • Migrant workers bring improvements to British business performance and productivity says new study

    An in-depth, qualitative study of the contribution and impact of migrant workers on 80 UK companies has been published.

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

  • Government names and shames largest ever number of National Minimum Wage offenders

    A further 70 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named.

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

  • Low Pay Commission recommends 3% increase in the National Minimum Wage to £6.70

    The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has today recommended to the Government that the adult rate of the National Minimum Wage, which applies to workers aged 21 and over, should rise by 3 per cent to £6.70 from October 2015.

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

  • 400 more disabled people in work every day

    There is a year-on-year increase of the number of disabled people in work of more than 141,000 and 86,000 more disabled women in work.

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

  • Iain Duncan Smith: jobs-led recovery changing people’s lives

    Employment under this government has reached another important milestone with an employment rate which has never been higher.

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