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Wednesday, 06 May 2020
More than 135,000 new claims were made to Universal Credit on 30 and 31 March 2020. People who claimed on these two days will receive payments today....
Thursday, 23 April 2020
On Thursday 23 April, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Thérèse Coffey attended an Extraordinary G20 Leaders' Summit on the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Monday, 20 April 2020
Universal Credit claimants can now access British Sign Language interpreters as part of a free video relay service....
Thursday, 16 April 2020
People applying for Universal Credit will now be able to use their existing Government Gateway account to confirm their identity, helping to speed up ...
Thursday, 09 April 2020
People making new claims for Universal Credit will no longer need to call the Department as part of the process....
Tuesday, 07 April 2020
From tomorrow (Wednesday 8th April), financial support helping families meet the costs of funeral expenses such as coffins and funeral directors’ fees...
Friday, 03 April 2020
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Department for Work and Pensions has temporarily paused the recovery of benefit overpayments, for three mont...
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Reviews and reassessments for disability benefits are being suspended for the next three months....
Monday, 23 March 2020
People are being urged to use online services before turning to the telephone for help with their benefit claim...
Thursday, 19 March 2020
A range of extra support and measures will be in place to help workers, benefit claimants and businesses affected by coronavirus....
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Today’s figures from the Office for National Statistics show more people in work, while wages have now been outpacing inflation for 2 years....
Wednesday, 04 March 2020
Statutory Sick Pay will be made available from day one when self-isolating, instead of day four, the Prime Minister announced today....
Monday, 02 March 2020
A single service to deliver all disability benefits assessments will be trialled before being rolled out nationally, the Government has announced....
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
The UK jobs market continues to boom, as the first set of employment figures since leaving the EU show the number in work has reached a new record hig...
Friday, 31 January 2020
UK state pensioners currently living in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland will continue to have their pensions increased annually....
Thursday, 23 January 2020
Prisoners in Scotland’s largest prison are to receive enhanced employment support in a bid to reduce re-offending rates in Scotland....
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
The new record high employment rate is at 76.3%, with the unemployment rate not lower since 1974. Wage growth has outpaced inflation for the 22nd cons...
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Around 900,000 people across the UK could see their Housing Benefit payments rise from April....
Monday, 13 January 2020
Jobcentres across the UK are to benefit from a boost of up to £3 million to support homeless people, Minister for Welfare Delivery Will Quince said to...
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
There is a new record high employment rate and the unemployment rate has not been lower since 1974. Wage growth outpaces inflation for 21st successive...
Tuesday, 05 November 2019
Funeral Expenses Payments scheme to provide up to £1,000, in addition to paying for essential costs of burial or cremation....
Tuesday, 05 November 2019
On the third anniversary of the scheme, changes have been announced to help businesses achieve their goal of workplace inclusivity....
Friday, 01 November 2019
Funding will be available to partner organisations, including charities, from April 2020 to help vulnerable people claim Universal Credit....
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
New Enterprise Allowance, a fund for jobseekers with a business idea, has helped launch over 200 businesses a week by benefit claimants since 2017....
Thursday, 17 October 2019
Speech by Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson at the John Lewis Partnership event to promote health and wellbeing amongst staff....
Monday, 14 October 2019
If you have a bank account in Yemen and receive State Pension or Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit from the UK into this account, it will be pai...
Tuesday, 08 October 2019
The Office for Disability Issues has announced the appointment of chairs to lead 9 new Regional Stakeholder Networks....
Monday, 30 September 2019
Two new programmes have been announced to help disadvantaged young people into work and use mobile technology to help jobseekers into higher paid jobs...
Thursday, 26 September 2019
A groundbreaking training partnership to help jobcentre staff better support Universal Credit claimants who are blind or have visual impairments launc...
Friday, 20 September 2019
More armed forces veterans will be helped into work thanks to new funding that will secure additional specialist support in jobcentres....
Central Arbitration Committee Upcoming changes due to the Employment Rights Act 2025
Central Arbitration Committee How to submit applications and complaints to the CAC
Department for Education Pledge to get 10,000 vulnerable children into foster homes
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Defra Secretary of State IPBES-12 speech
Nuclear Restoration Services First containers of waste from Dounreay reach permanent disposal