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The Minister for Employment today welcomed a further increase in the number of people in work and a fall in unemployment.
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The Government has unveiled detailed plans for the new and radically reshaped child maintenance system in Great Britain.
Plans to make it simple for people to take their work pension with them from job to job will be published today.
New proposals for better supporting people on benefits after the loss of a spouse or civil partner are set out by Lord Freud.
First Government data on the Work Programme suggests the scheme is having a positive effect in helping the long-term unemployed.
Young disabled jobseekers on work experience will be able to access extra support to help them into mainstream placements.
Pensions Minister Steve Webb today laid down a summer challenge to industry that pension provision has to provide more certainty.
Minister pledges more help for hard-pressed single parent families and a fairer deal for parents who share care.
Guidance has been published for businesses wanting high quality pension schemes for the Government’s workplace pension reforms.
Credit unions will receive up to £38m of investment to modernise and expand so they can support one million more people.
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Alan Milburn has emerged as the preferred candidate to be Chair of the independent Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
The Secretary of State announced today that outdated Jobseeker’s Allowance legislation will not stand in the way of unemployed people.
Shared parenting key to children’s futures, says Maria Miller.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions today announced the re-appointment of Judith Hackitt CBE as the Chair of the HSE
Pensions Minister Steve Webb said the Government remains resolute it will fight EU plans to apply Solvency II funding rules to pensions.
Unemployment in Scotland fell by 14,000, to 220,000 in the period February to April 2012, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released today.
The Minister for Employment today welcomed a further rise in employment but urged caution in light of economic challenges ahead.
Today, a crucial step towards reforming the welfare state will be made as the detail behind the Welfare Reform Act 2012 is published.
Following an open competition, Paul Gray has been selected.
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