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Evaluation of the 50+ Face to Face guidance pilot

Evaluation of the 50+ Face to Face guidance pilot

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Findings of a longitudinal evaluation of the Face to Face guidance pilot....

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Older workers statistical information  booklet

Older workers statistical information booklet

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

This report presents key data on older workers’ employment, labour market participation and developments....

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Christmas crackdown on overseas fraud

Christmas crackdown on overseas fraud

Thursday, 30 December 2010

Fraud investigators at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are finding new ways of cracking down on benefit thieves....

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Over ten million people to live to 100

Over ten million people to live to 100

Thursday, 30 December 2010

More than ten million people in the UK today can expect to live to see their 100th birthday - 17 per cent of the population....

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Biggest back to work programme in decades will be built on payment by results

Biggest back to work programme in decades will be built on payment by results

Wednesday, 22 December 2010

The Work Programme will be the first major move into a system of payment by results for the public sector....

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Publication of DWP research report 719: Employment and Support Allowance: customer and staff  experiences of the face to face Work Capability Assessment and Work Focused  Health Related Assessment

Publication of DWP research report 719: Employment and Support Allowance: customer and staff experiences of the face to face Work Capability Assessment and Work Focused Health Related Assessment

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Customers’ views and experiences of attending a Work Capability Assessment and Work-Focused Health-Related Assessment....

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We will continue to support the economy and jobseekers

We will continue to support the economy and jobseekers

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Tackling the deficit and pressing ahead with the new Work Programme to help jobseekers back into sustained employment remains the priority....

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Publication of DWP Research Report 715: Investigating the Prisoner Finance Gap in four prisons in the North East

Publication of DWP Research Report 715: Investigating the Prisoner Finance Gap in four prisons in the North East

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

New research investigates the gap between leaving prison and gaining sustainable income - in four prisons in the North East of England....

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DWP Research Report no. 716 ‘Voice Risk Analysis Pilots: Perspectives from staff, claimants and potential claimants’

DWP Research Report no. 716 ‘Voice Risk Analysis Pilots: Perspectives from staff, claimants and potential claimants’

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

New research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions feeds into the overall evaluation of the Voice Risk Analysis Pilots....

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Publication of DWP Research Report 717: Using Jobcentre Plus Services – qualitative evidence fromethnic minority customers

Publication of DWP Research Report 717: Using Jobcentre Plus Services – qualitative evidence fromethnic minority customers

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Findings of qualitative research that explored the experiences of ethnic minority customers using Jobcentre Plus services....

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Disabled people get right to control services

Disabled people get right to control services

Monday, 13 December 2010

Today sees the start of a radical shake-up of the way disabled people use state funding, allowing them to buy their own support services....

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Publication of DWP research report no. 718 and working paper no. 94 Alcohol misusers’ experiences of employment and the  benefit system and Population estimates of problem alcohol users who  access DWP benefits

Publication of DWP research report no. 718 and working paper no. 94 Alcohol misusers’ experiences of employment and the benefit system and Population estimates of problem alcohol users who access DWP benefits

Monday, 13 December 2010

Research exploring the experiences of alcohol misusers in relation to claiming benefits, employment, and dealing with Jobcentre Plus. ...

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Better access to work for disabled people

Better access to work for disabled people

Thursday, 09 December 2010

Changes to Access to Work, a disability employment programme, to give disabled people faster and simpler support into work....

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Jobseekers who refuse to take up the offer of training could lose their  benefits

Jobseekers who refuse to take up the offer of training could lose their benefits

Thursday, 09 December 2010

Benefit claimants who refuse to take up the offer of a training course could have their benefits stopped, under new plans unveiled today....

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More help for pensioners as Basic State  Pension set to rise in 2011

More help for pensioners as Basic State Pension set to rise in 2011

Wednesday, 08 December 2010

Pensioners and benefit recipients will get more help in 2011 as the Government today announces that the Basic State Pension will increase....

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New chair for the Pensions Regulator

New chair for the Pensions Regulator

Wednesday, 08 December 2010

The Department for Work and Pensions announced today that Michael O’Higgins has been appointed as chair of The Pensions Regulator....

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Publication of working paper no. 93 Lone parents and employment: an exploration of  findings from the Families and Children’s Study 2006 8

Publication of working paper no. 93 Lone parents and employment: an exploration of findings from the Families and Children’s Study 2006 8

Tuesday, 07 December 2010

Work entry and retention for lone mothers, along with the attitudes of lone mothers to work and caring for their children. ...

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Institute for Public Policy Research

Institute for Public Policy Research

Tuesday, 07 December 2010

A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP....

Welfare reform: Disability Living Allowance for the 21st century

Welfare reform: Disability Living Allowance for the 21st century

Monday, 06 December 2010

Disabled people and their organisations asked to join the debate on reforming Disability Living Allowance....

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Getting it Right –  RADAR Chief Executive will review Employment Support for Disabled People

Getting it Right – RADAR Chief Executive will review Employment Support for Disabled People

Thursday, 02 December 2010

Employment support for disabled people has to offer more help then ever before....

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DWP  Research Report No. 714 ‘Exempt and supported accommodation’

DWP Research Report No. 714 ‘Exempt and supported accommodation’

Thursday, 02 December 2010

New research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions investigates ‘exempt’ and supported accommodation....

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Housing  Benefit reforms will restore fairness to broken system

Housing Benefit reforms will restore fairness to broken system

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Ministers today reaffirmed their determination to drive private sector rents for Housing Benefit recipients down....

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Publication of DWP Working Paper No. 91: 'Pension scheme administration costs'

Publication of DWP Working Paper No. 91: 'Pension scheme administration costs'

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Working Paper which presents the findings from research exploring the administrative costs of running occupational pension schemes. ...

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Publication of research report RR712   Supporting lone parents journey off benefits and into work: a qualitative evaluation of the role of In Work Credit (IWC)

Publication of research report RR712 Supporting lone parents journey off benefits and into work: a qualitative evaluation of the role of In Work Credit (IWC)

Friday, 26 November 2010

Findings are published today from a qualitative evaluation of In Work Credit (IWC)....

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Publication of research report no 708   Can altering the structure of financial support  payments aid work retention amongst lone parents? Qualitative evaluation of the  In Work Retention Pilot (IWRP)

Publication of research report no 708 Can altering the structure of financial support payments aid work retention amongst lone parents? Qualitative evaluation of the In Work Retention Pilot (IWRP)

Friday, 26 November 2010

Findings published from a qualitative evaluation of a pilot variation in the structure of In Work Credit payments for lone parents....

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Public  consultation: The  Jobseeker’s Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity) Regulations 2011

Public consultation: The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity) Regulations 2011

Friday, 26 November 2010

Social Security Advisory Committee ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider Social Security Regulations (2011)....

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Details of Work Programme framework

Details of Work Programme framework

Thursday, 25 November 2010

The organisations making the framework for the Government’s radical new Work Programme, which will see jobseekers given tailored support....

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Publication of DWP Working Paper 89:  Using the new Family Resources Survey question block to measure material  deprivation among pensioners

Publication of DWP Working Paper 89: Using the new Family Resources Survey question block to measure material deprivation among pensioners

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Working paper takes the material deprivation questions for older people and assesses ways that they might be used....

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Fitness for work assessment will be improved

Fitness for work assessment will be improved

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Changes will be made to the Work Capability Assessment to iron out any problems and improve the system....

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Publication of DWP research report 713: local  delivery of joined up services for older people

Publication of DWP research report 713: local delivery of joined up services for older people

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Research published today reports on local areas that have joined-up the delivery of services for older people....

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