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Tens of thousands of long-term unemployed are getting off benefits and into jobs through the Government’s Work Programme.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
New Government figures suggest most people will stay in a pension scheme and start saving for their old age under automatic enrolment.
First proposals to rebuild confidence and trust in workplace pensions, and reverse nearly half a century of declining membership.
Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, will today slam the EU’s plans to use a Solvency II-style basis to measure pension liabilities.
Recommendations on further improvements to the Work Capability Assessment were welcomed by the Minister for Employment, Mark Hoban.
Businesses are being challenged to get involved to help tackle youth unemployment.
Disabled entrepreneurs and small businesses will benefit from more support to pay for specialised equipment and other costs.
A consultation is being launched to call for a better measurement of child poverty that reflects the reality in the UK today.
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
A new way of accessing Department for Work and Pensions statistics was launched giving greater access to official Housing Benefit figures.
The number of people who are unemployed has fallen again and there are more people in work, according to new official statistics.
Successful providers chosen to design and deliver a secure online identity registration service.
A new programme for young people who have never had a job or little recent work experience to help them escape a life on benefit.
New figures reveal that voluntary and community sector organisations constitute the largest number of Work Programme providers.
A call for evidence on the impact of two statutory constraints on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).
More than a third of people going through incapacity benefit reassessment have been found to be capable of some form of work.
Over one million pounds has now been awarded as part of a programme to help bolster small grassroots disability organisations.
Letter from the UK Statistics Authority to DWP to confirm the DWP household resources statistics meet the criteria as National Statistics.
Speech by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.
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