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Friday, 11 September 2020
The draft measures are aimed at improving saver outcomes, and supporting the economy by promoting investment in green tech and infrastructure by pensi...
Friday, 11 September 2020
The Minister for Employment urges world leaders to make inclusion central to repairing national economies, warning Covid-19 risks eroding progress mad...
Thursday, 10 September 2020
The number of Work Coaches is to be doubled to 27,000 nationally....
Tuesday, 01 September 2020
The Kickstart Scheme will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs for young people....
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
The following is a speech made by Work and Pensions Secretary, Thérèse Coffey, on Wednesday 26 August 2020....
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
First of their kind plans to ensure pension providers consider the risk of climate change on their investments were unveiled today....
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Disabled people can now benefit from financial support to work from home, thanks to an extension to the Access to Work scheme....
Friday, 31 July 2020
The Department for Work and Pensions has appointed Sarah Newton as Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board....
Monday, 27 July 2020
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has appointed Nick Markham as Lead Non-Executive Director....
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Measures to protect savers and the climate are at the heart of the government’s Bill....
Friday, 10 July 2020
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions participated in the International Labour Organisation Virtual Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of ...
Friday, 10 July 2020
The Department for Work and Pensions is improving the way it handles complaints and making it simpler....
Thursday, 09 July 2020
The Secretary of State delivered a speech to the OECD Roundtable on the UK’s innovative response to the Coronavirus crisis and our approach to recover...
Wednesday, 01 July 2020
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has appointed Rachel Wolf and Eleanor Shawcross as Non-Executive Board Members....
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
As of 29th June 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority lifted a number of restrictions placed on Wirecard Card Solutions LTD....
Thursday, 07 May 2020
Pensioners are now able to apply for Pension Credit online in a move to assist those who are self-isolating or shielding during the coronavirus pandem...
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...
UK Health Security Agency UKHSA extends red heat-health alerts across England
Environment Agency Milford Dam upgrades completed to boost flood protection
Cabinet Office Speech on the 10th anniversary of the United Kingdom's EU membership referendum
Security Industry Authority New buyer's charter created for private security industry
Government Property Agency Works begin at site of cutting-edge Civil Service campus
Home Office Domestic abuse specialists embedded in 12 more 999 control rooms
Great British Energy – Nuclear UK SMR programme at Wylfa hitting target for British contracts
Department of Health and Social Care Martha's Rule extended to all maternity services