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  • How the DWP Employment Category will support strategic outcomes and key aims through the commissioning and in-life delivery of commercial employment programmes.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • The government is seeking views on enhancing workplace protections against dismissal for pregnant women and new mothers.

  • This call for evidence invites views and evidence on the proposed set of objectives for the parental leave and pay system.

  • The government's proposals to reform employment, health and skills support to tackle economic inactivity and support people into good work.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • This call for evidence seeks views on what factors government should consider in determining State Pension age for future decades.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • The government’s remit to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) outlining areas to consider when recommending the 2025/26 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • An assessment of the state of Britain’s pensions landscape, including the progress made in the two decades since the first Pensions Commission.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • We welcome views on this technical consultation on the processes required to implement changes to Inheritance Tax rules for pension funds and death benefits.

  • This analysis enables ministers to fulfil the requirements placed on them by the Public Sector Equality Duty as set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Screening Equality Impact Assessment for New Entitlement to Statutory Neonatal Care Pay

  • The Final Report sets out reforms to the Defined Contribution workplace pensions market and the Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • This consultation sets out proposed reforms to deliver scale, accelerate consolidation and drive a focus on value over cost in the Defined Contribution (DC) workplace pensions market and explores other changes.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • This is a consultation on aspects of private sector Defined Benefit schemes, which seeks stakeholder feedback for the future pensions market.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The Low Pay Commission is seeking evidence to inform our advice on the minimum wage in 2025 and beyond.

  • How DWP helps customers who need additional support, learn from customer’s experiences and explore ways to improve our services for all.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • These are the outcomes the government wants to see from proposals to reform employment, health and skills support to tackle economic inactivity, support people into good work and fuel economic growth

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Consultation on the percentage replacement rate for those earning below the current rate of Statutory Sick Pay.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • We are consulting to modernise the legislative framework that underpins trade unions, seeking views on several specific measures.

  • The government is seeking views on the application of measures to tackle one-sided flexibility in zero hours contracts to agency workers.

  • The government is seeking views on strengthening remedies against abuse of rules on collective redundancy and fire and rehire.