We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
New DWP Secretary of State, Stephen Crabb, outlines his priorities on welfare reform.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Parents on Universal Credit will now be able to claim back 85% of their childcare costs when they move into work – up from 70%.
A new armed forces National Insurance credit is available for spouses and civil partners who joined their partners on overseas postings.
The number of households where no one works has fallen by more than 750,000 since 2010 and is now at its lowest level in more than 10 years.
Andrew Rhodes has been appointed Director General of DWP Operations.
More than 80,000 businesses have been set up by jobseekers through the New Enterprise Allowance.
Alun Cairns: Welfare reform transforming lives in Wales
Wales becomes the first nation in the UK to complete the rollout of Universal Credit.
The Queen has approved new ministerial appointments at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Wales Office.
Through the Work Programme, a total of 503,000 jobseekers have found work lasting 3 months or longer.
Private sector employment over 26 million, unemployment rate at 5.1% and the claimant count at its lowest level in over 40 years.
Over 95% of jobcentres now offer Universal Credit.
The government is changing the assessment criteria for the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
An opportunity for members of the public to learn about the work of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC).
Business Secretary Sajid Javid has said that businesses must do more to help BME workers access the labour market.
Findings of an independent review to help increase business start-ups in the most disadvantaged communities across Great Britain.
The review is to consider changes in life expectancy, wider changes in society and help ensure the State Pension remains sustainable.
New milestone reached as over 660 jobcentres now offer Universal Credit.
Today, 16 more jobcentres will start offering the new benefit.
The Disability Action Alliance is developing a new strategy focusing on its long term sustainability and more collaborative working.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).