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A “quiet revolution” is taking place at UK universities, creating a new generation of highly skilled workers, according to a new report.
SSAC has begun a consultation on proposals that certain Universal Credit claimants must wait 7 days before they are entitled to benefit.
UK Commission for Employment and Skills welcomes new findings from National Careers Council.
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance is now below 1 million and unemployment has seen the largest annual fall in 25 years.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Nick Clegg made a statement on employment statistics released on 17 September 2014, covering the period May to July 2014.
Social tenants who need to move to a new area for work will no longer be pushed to the back of the housing waiting list.
Restrictions limiting the amount that millions of British workers can save towards their pensions are now set to be scrapped.
New research by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) shows the skills gap between genders is continuing to widen, as women leave male counterparts behind.
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.
Couples finding out now that they are expecting a child will be among the first eligible to take advantage of new shared parental leave.
Vince Cable called on business, unions and individuals to help close loopholes in plans to ban exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts.
The number of disabled people in apprenticeships has more than tripled in the last 10 years.
New figures reveal Watford, north Dorset and the Shetland Islands are leading the way against outdated stereotypes of older workers.
Saving into a workplace pension is becoming more of a social norm, new research shows.
Today (15 August 2014) marks 600 days until the start of the new State Pension – on 6 April 2016.
Four million people have now been automatically enrolled in workplace pensions – an increase of over 1 million this year or over 6,000 a day on average.
UK Commission for Employment and Skills welcomes new findings on youth unemployment, but claims much work is still to be done to tackle the problem.
Youth unemployment has seen the largest annual fall since records began alongside the steepest annual fall in unemployment in 25 years.
11.9m people in the UK are failing to save enough for retirement but many only need make modest changes to safeguard their financial future.
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