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  • Number of children in workless households down over half a million since 2010

    Number of workless households falls by 881,000 since 2010 and 53,000 on the year.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New chair for the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) announced

    Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, Sarah Newton MP, has announced the appointment of Dr Lesley Rushton as chair of IIAC.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Employment remains at near-record high

    Official figures released today show that the unemployment rate remains at a near-record low of 4.4%, with the employment rate at a near-record high of 75.2%.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • First Universal Credit payment paid quicker

    Universal Credit will be paid sooner to new claimants from today (14 February 2018).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • One million employers enrol staff into a workplace pension

    One million UK employers have enrolled staff into a workplace pension, helping more than 9 million employees save towards a more financially secure retirement.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Call for more retailers to become Disability Confident

    Britain’s high streets are being encouraged to make sure they’re not missing out on the skills and talents disabled people can bring to the workplace.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • 45,000 households move off benefit cap and into work

    Some 45,000 households have had someone move into work and so are no longer subject to the benefit cap, new statistics out today show.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Carillion declares insolvency: information for employees, creditors and suppliers

    Information about continuity of public services for employees and suppliers.

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  • Number in employment reaches record high

    Official figures released today (24 January 2018) show that the employment rate is at a joint record high of 75.3%, with a record 32.2 million people in work.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Claiming Funeral Expenses Payment to be made easier

    Changes to funeral payments will make it easier for people on some income-related benefits to get help towards the cost of a funeral for loved ones.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Appointment of Peter Schofield as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions

    Peter Schofield has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary on Sir Robert Devereux’s retirement later this month.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Chair of the Pensions Regulator re-appointed

    The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that Mark Boyle has been re-appointed for a second term as Non-Executive Chair of The Pensions Regulator.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Final DWP customer telephone lines become free

    All customer phone lines to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have become Freephone numbers.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Self-employed on Universal Credit to get business support

    Recipients of Universal Credit full service who are self-employed can now receive business mentoring if their earnings are low.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government publishes ambitious plans to give millions a more financially secure retirement

    The review of automatic enrolment includes major recommendations that will set millions of people on the path to a more financially secure retirement.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Ministers take action to bolster PIP services

    The government has accepted the recommendations of Paul Gray's second independent review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Child maintenance consultation launched

    Tough new powers to help tackle child maintenance arrears are being proposed in a consultation that launched today (14 December 2017).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unemployment remains at four-decade low

    Unemployment is at just 4.3%, the lowest level since 1975 – and official figures have shown a fall in the unemployment rate every month in 2017.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Pensions Dashboard Development Day

    The Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion's speech about the Pensions Dashboard.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • 75th Anniversary of the Beveridge Report

    Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Gauke's speech on the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge report at the London School of Economics.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government