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Amber Rudd: Harlow Jobcentre Plus is backing the jobseeker

Amber Rudd: Harlow Jobcentre Plus is backing the jobseeker

Thursday, 31 January 2019

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd will visit Harlow Jobcentre Plus in Essex today to see how Universal Credit is working for people across the UK...

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Employment Minister welcomes new record employment rate

Employment Minister welcomes new record employment rate

Tuesday, 22 January 2019

New employment figures confirmed 2018 had the UK’s strongest jobs market on record with latest figures showing more people in work than ever before....

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National mentoring initiative to tackle employment inequality across UK

National mentoring initiative to tackle employment inequality across UK

Thursday, 17 January 2019

Jobseekers across the UK are set to benefit from mentoring support designed to help them into work....

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Minister for Employment gives speech on 'Full Employment' report

Minister for Employment gives speech on 'Full Employment' report

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Alok Sharma, Minister for Employment, delivered a speech today on the 'Full Employment' report launched by independent think tank Resolution Foundatio...

Changes to benefits for mixed age couples

Changes to benefits for mixed age couples

Monday, 14 January 2019

The government announced today changes to benefits for mixed age couples that will be introduced from 15 May 2019....

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Amber Rudd sets out fresh approach to Universal Credit

Amber Rudd sets out fresh approach to Universal Credit

Friday, 11 January 2019

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd sets out an ambitious new future for Universal Credit....

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Universal Credit: personal welfare

Universal Credit: personal welfare

Friday, 11 January 2019

A speech delivered by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions at Kennington jobcentre about the future of Universal Credit. ...

£2.7 million fund to tackle parental conflict

£2.7 million fund to tackle parental conflict

Friday, 04 January 2019

The fund is the latest in a range of government measures that aim to reduce the risk of parental conflict....

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Amber Rudd: West Midlands a standard bearer for helping people into work

Amber Rudd: West Midlands a standard bearer for helping people into work

Friday, 04 January 2019

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd is taking her Universal Credit fact finding tour to the West Midlands....

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Help for millions of self employed to save and plan for retirement

Help for millions of self employed to save and plan for retirement

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

New ways to stimulate retirement saving among Britain’s 4.8 million self-employed will be developed and tested under plans unveiled today (18 December...

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Pensions Ombudsman reappointed

Pensions Ombudsman reappointed

Monday, 17 December 2018

Anthony Arter has been reappointed as Pensions Ombudsman and Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman for 2 more years....

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Employment Minister welcomes new UK employment record

Employment Minister welcomes new UK employment record

Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Wage growth has outstripped inflation for the ninth month in a row and the UK employment level is at an all-time high. ...

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£40 million personalised support package for long term unemployed disabled people launched

£40 million personalised support package for long term unemployed disabled people launched

Monday, 10 December 2018

Disabled people will be able to work with a dedicated key worker to get and stay in employment, the new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has ann...

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Disability champions set to open industry doors

Disability champions set to open industry doors

Monday, 03 December 2018

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December) the government is announcing that it will be recruiting 6 new disability champions to h...

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Pensions dashboards to enable more informed retirement planning

Pensions dashboards to enable more informed retirement planning

Monday, 03 December 2018

Proposals to give millions of people their pension facts and figures at their fingertips have been unveiled by the government....

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26,000 new businesses set up by entrepreneurial jobseekers

26,000 new businesses set up by entrepreneurial jobseekers

Thursday, 29 November 2018

Jobseekers have set up more than 26,000 new businesses under the New Enterprise Allowance scheme....

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Minister calls on businesses to reveal how many disabled staff they employ

Minister calls on businesses to reveal how many disabled staff they employ

Thursday, 22 November 2018

Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Sarah Newton has urged large employers to build more inclusive workforces....

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Millions awarded to help people with health conditions stay in work

Millions awarded to help people with health conditions stay in work

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

People with health conditions will receive further support to manage their health conditions at work....

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Eighth month of UK wage growth with disabled employment at record high

Eighth month of UK wage growth with disabled employment at record high

Tuesday, 13 November 2018

There are more people in work than ever before, real wages are up for the eighth month in a row and 973,000 more disabled people are in work since 201...

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Helping people from ethnic minority backgrounds into work

Helping people from ethnic minority backgrounds into work

Monday, 05 November 2018

A speech at the launch of ERSA’s race, employment and ethnicity report on the government’s action to support more people from ethnic minorities into w...

Welfare reform success with 54,000 benefit cap households taking on more work

Welfare reform success with 54,000 benefit cap households taking on more work

Thursday, 01 November 2018

New figures show that around 54,000 households are no longer subject to the benefit cap, indicating more people are entering work or taking on more ho...

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Number of children in long term workless households at lowest level in over a decade

Number of children in long term workless households at lowest level in over a decade

Wednesday, 31 October 2018

The number of children in the UK living in long-term workless households is down 580,000 since 2010, falling to its lowest level in more than a decade...

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Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion gives keynote speech at the PLSA Conference 2018

Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion gives keynote speech at the PLSA Conference 2018

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

The Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion, Guy Opperman, addresses the pensions landscape at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PL...

Appointment of 3 non executive directors completes new Single Financial Guidance Body's board

Appointment of 3 non executive directors completes new Single Financial Guidance Body's board

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Three non-executive directors appointed to the board of a new service established by the Financial Guidance and Claims Act to provide free and imparti...

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Youth unemployment down 50% since 2010

Youth unemployment down 50% since 2010

Tuesday, 16 October 2018

Official figures, released by the Office for National Statistics today, show that youth unemployment has halved since 2010. ...

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Department for Work and Pensions Director of Communications appointment

Department for Work and Pensions Director of Communications appointment

Tuesday, 09 October 2018

Lisa Hunter has been appointed Director of Communications for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) following an external open competition for th...

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Government launches new collaboration with Barnardo's to support care leavers into work

Government launches new collaboration with Barnardo's to support care leavers into work

Monday, 01 October 2018

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Barnardo’s are entering into a new partnership to support care leavers into work....

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Citizens Advice to provide support to Universal Credit claimants

Citizens Advice to provide support to Universal Credit claimants

Monday, 01 October 2018

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will fund Citizens Advice to provide Universal Support from April 2019, the government has announced....

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Employment Minister addresses employers as part of National Inclusion Week

Employment Minister addresses employers as part of National Inclusion Week

Friday, 28 September 2018

Minister of State for Employment Alok Sharma's speech on building on employment success to create a more inclusive workplace....

Automatic enrolment breathing new life into Britain’s retirement prospects

Automatic enrolment breathing new life into Britain’s retirement prospects

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

As membership of workplace pension schemes hits a record high, Secretary of State Esther McVey says there’s a pensions revolution taking hold....

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