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The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions the Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP delivered the below speech to the House of Commons on the 18 March 2025.
Minister for Pensions Torsten Bell Speaks at the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association Conference 2025 in Edinburgh.
Ministers are encouraging UK businesses to work with Jobcentres to fill the thousands of jobs currently vacant as the UK goes for growth, the Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall set out today (30 January).
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall delivered a speech to Parliament to outline the response to the PHSO State Pension age communication investigation.
Minister for Employment speech at the Employment Related Services Association annual conference 2024
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall delivered a speech to Parliament to present the Get Britain Working White Paper.…
Minister for Pensions Emma Reynolds addressed an audience at the ABI ‘Pension Investment: Where Next?’ event on Thursday 3 October.
The ‘lockdown generation’ who’ve been consigned to the ‘scrapheap’ will get life-changing support through major reforms to get Britain working again, the Minister for Employment has vowed in her first speech since taking office.
…Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Employment delivered a speech setting out how to get Britain's labour market and economy working again.…
Spiralling economic inactivity to be addressed as new Labour Market Advisory Board launched to advise government on getting Britain working again.
…The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall delivered a landmark speech setting out how Britain's system of employment support must be fundamentally reformed.…
Liz Kendall will today set out how Britain’s system of employment support must be fundamentally reformed to tackle the “most urgent challenge” of spiralling economic inactivity.
Landmark pensions review part of Government’s mission to ‘boost growth and make every part of Britain better off’.
On a visit to Leeds Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will today (Thursday 11 July) confirm the Government’s commitments to its manifesto Back to Work Plan, and say tackling economic inactivity is central to the Govern…
Today I’m announcing that I have set up a new cross government ministerial taskforce to drive the further action we need to take down barriers to recruitment.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The biggest ever drive to help employers unlock the talent across Britain will be at the heart of a new Government campaign to create the workforce of the future, the Work and Pensions Secretary unveiled today.
Government to reform disability benefits system to ensure they’re targeted at those most in need.
Around 8 million eligible households across the UK are set to receive a £299 Cost of Living Payment in February, as the Government unveiled its plans to reward work, reform welfare and grow the economy.
The UK’s Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Tom Pursglove MP, set out his ambition to make the UK the most accessible place in the world for disabled people to live and work at a UN conference in New York.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions outlined plans to boost the labour market today in a bid to kickstart economic growth.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
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