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Unemployment has seen the largest annual fall since records began over 40 years ago.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
GPs say they would refer eligible patients to a new service to support employers and staff over sickness absence in a new report out today.
A competition for retail and hospitality firms to share £2 million to support lower paid staff to increase their earnings has opened.
Plans to help millions of British workers save more towards their pensions are set out in a consultation launched today (9 October 2014).
A major new campaign, 'Your future, your pension', aimed at ensuring today’s workers understand the new State Pension, to be launched.
An extra 200,000 pensioners will get money off their energy bills this winter, as the Warm Home Discount scheme expands for the fourth year.
Three years on from an historic government move to outlaw enforced retirement, more than 1 million over 65s now choose to stay in work.
Martyn Thomas and Sarah Pinch have been appointed to the Health and Safety Executive Board as non-executive directors.
DWP announce that Universal Credit will be rolled out to all Jobcentres and local authorities across the country from early next year.
Pensioners have 1 year to go until they can obtain State Pension top-ups worth up to £1,300 a year.
The report recognises how social investment helps address society’s most difficult problems and calls for more action to grow the market.
Latest figures show nearly 14,000 people are aged 100 or more in the UK.
More than 53,000 new businesses have been set up thanks to a government scheme which helps people on benefits become their own boss.
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance is now below 1 million and unemployment has seen the largest annual fall in 25 years.
Single and separated parents who have previously received no maintenance from their former partner could start receiving payments.
Restrictions limiting the amount that millions of British workers can save towards their pensions are now set to be scrapped.
Mayank Prakash has been appointed as the new Director General for Technology at the Department for Work and Pensions.
The next stage of the government’s pension reforms will receive their Second Reading in Parliament.
Judith Paterson takes up her appointment on the Social Security Advisory Committee today (1 September 2014).
Thousands of high street businesses could be turning away the custom of 1 in 5 people by not attracting disabled people.
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