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The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has announced the appointment of Sir Paul Kenny as a member of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The Department for Work and Pensions has appointed John Govett as the first Chief Executive Officer of the new Single Financial Guidance Body (SFGB).
The fund is the latest in a range of government measures that aims to see 1 million more disabled people in work by 2027.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made a statement to the House today.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has delivered an oral statement setting out the benefits of welfare reform (check against delivery).
Karen Johnston has been reappointed as Deputy Pensions Ombudsman for a further 2 years.
People with the most severe, life-long conditions will no longer have to attend regular reviews for Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
For the first time members will be given powers to hold their pension schemes to account over how social and environmental factors impact their investments.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Rt Hon Esther McVey, has announced that Professor Sir Ian Diamond has been appointed the next Chair of SSAC.
Britain has a joint record high employment rate of 75.6% with 32.39 million people now in work according to the latest official statistics.
Sir Hector Sants has been appointed as chair of the Single Financial Guidance Body.
How the government assesses the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits is to be overhauled to provide accuracy to the statistics.
The unemployment rate in Britain remains at a 40-year low, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
New figures released today show that 48,000 households have moved into work after being subject to the benefit cap.
Support for children who may otherwise be in local authority care is to be extended in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit.
Minister for Disabled People announces new Tech Fund as part of Access to Work, offering employers significant savings on the cost of assistive technology.
DWP has published 5 short videos to help give people an overview of the process of claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
Opinion editorial by Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox published in the Sunday Express on 22 April 2018.
One of the UK’s largest recruitment websites Universal Jobmatch is to be re-named ‘Find a Job’.
Official figures out today show that the employment rate is at 75.4% – up 0.8 percentage points from 74.6% a year ago and the highest since records began.
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