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  • Simplifying the state pension

    The amount of state pension money paid out to pensioners can differ by more than £200 a week - that’s a difference of £10,000 a year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jobs boost welcomed as unemployment falls for fifth month

    Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith today welcomed a fifth consecutive fall in unemployment.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Two new appointments to the HSE board

    Howard Shiplee and Sarah Veale have been appointed to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board as non-executive directors.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Judge rejects claims that work schemes are forced labour

    Schemes to help unemployed people get work are not slave labour, a Judicial review has ruled.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Automatic enrolment to double private pension income by the time people now starting work reach their retirement

    Automatic enrolment could almost double private pension income by the time people now starting work reach their retirement.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 15 per cent drop in employees’ pension saving since 2007. Webb – automatic enrolment will stop the savings slump

    Automatic enrolment will reverse the slump in pension saving, with around half of British firms with no pension provision choosing NEST.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 11 million under-saving Brits

    Almost 11 million Brits are facing inadequate retirement incomes according to new figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jobs continue to be created leading to rise in employment

    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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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Webb: Change your job, take your pension with you

    Plans to make it simple for people to take their work pension with them from job to job will be published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Employment tribunal fees set to encourage mediation and arbitration

    Employment tribunal fees will be tailored to encourage businesses and workers to mediate or settle a dispute rather than go to a hearing.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fundamental review of employment tribunal rules: letter from Mr Justice Underhill to Norman Lamb

    Letter, dated 29 June 2012, from Mr Justice Underhill to Norman Lamb, Minister for Employment Relations. Sets out recommendations from the review…

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  • Employment tribunals rules review published

    Mr Justice Underhill made a number of recommendations that aim to streamline the process, improve understanding and cut costs, these include…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Grayling: first Work Programme data shows promising signs

    First Government data on the Work Programme suggests the scheme is having a positive effect in helping the long-term unemployed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Norman Lamb sets out plans to develop a mutual Post Office

    Mutual businesses can deliver greater staff engagement, lower staff turnover and higher customer satisfaction. Evidence shows they are less …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Future of Employment Law

    Norman lamb tells the CIPS why the government is changing employment law to benefit both businesses and employees.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Webb challenges industry to provide good value guarantees for pensions

    Pensions Minister Steve Webb today laid down a summer challenge to industry that pension provision has to provide more certainty.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Guidance on scheme certification for automatic enrolment published

    Guidance has been published for businesses wanting high quality pension schemes for the Government’s workplace pension reforms.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Deputy Prime Minister speech at CBI Jobs Summit

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave a speech at the CBI’s Jobs Summit on youth unemployment.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Support for unemployed members of the reserve forces

    The Secretary of State announced today that outdated Jobseeker’s Allowance legislation will not stand in the way of unemployed people.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Re-appointment of Chair to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

    The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions today announced the re-appointment of Judith Hackitt CBE as the Chair of the HSE

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government