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Public consultation: The Employment and Support Allowance (Limited Capability For Work And Limited Capability For Work Related Activity) Amendment Regulations 2011

Public consultation: The Employment and Support Allowance (Limited Capability For Work And Limited Capability For Work Related Activity) Amendment Regulations 2011

Friday, 13 August 2010

The SSAC has been asked by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider proposals for The Employment and Support Allowance....

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Figures reveal five million on out of  work benefits as Grayling pledges to make work pay

Figures reveal five million on out of work benefits as Grayling pledges to make work pay

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Employment Minister Chris Grayling today welcomed a further fall in unemployment....

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Publication of DWP working paper no. 81: retirement outcomes and lifetime earnings: descriptive evidence from linked  ELSA – NI data

Publication of DWP working paper no. 81: retirement outcomes and lifetime earnings: descriptive evidence from linked ELSA – NI data

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Evidence on individual’s circumstances at or near retirement, matched with information on their lifetime earnings. ...

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Publication of DWP research report 676: preparing for pension reform: the information needs  of small and micro employers at auto enrolment

Publication of DWP research report 676: preparing for pension reform: the information needs of small and micro employers at auto enrolment

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Where small and micro employers look for information, the types of information sought and how these influence their decision making. ...

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Public consultation: The Housing  Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Public consultation: The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Proposals for the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and amendments to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions Order) 2010....

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Norgrove to step down as Pensions Regulator chair at end of his term

Norgrove to step down as Pensions Regulator chair at end of his term

Tuesday, 03 August 2010

David Norgrove, chair of the Pensions Regulator, has said he will be stepping down when his post comes to an end on 31 December 2010....

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Grayling: We’ll stop sex jobs being  advertised in Jobcentres

Grayling: We’ll stop sex jobs being advertised in Jobcentres

Monday, 02 August 2010

Sex industry jobs which could lead to exploitation will be banned from Jobcentres....

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Calling time on benefits culture: work must always  pay and be seen to pay

Calling time on benefits culture: work must always pay and be seen to pay

Friday, 30 July 2010

Millions of people abandoned on welfare will benefit from the most radical overhaul of the system in a century....

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Building Benefits for the 21st Century

Building Benefits for the 21st Century

Friday, 30 July 2010

Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith....

Publication of DWP research reports to  support the review of the default retirement age

Publication of DWP research reports to support the review of the default retirement age

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Five reports are published today by the Department for Work and Pensions and by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills....

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Early intervention: Key to giving disadvantaged children opportunities they deserve

Early intervention: Key to giving disadvantaged children opportunities they deserve

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Review into early intervention, which aims to ensure that children at greatest risk of multiple disadvantage get the best start in life....

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Publication of DWP research report 670: Attitudes to increasing the proportion of member nominated trustees: A qualitative study

Publication of DWP research report 670: Attitudes to increasing the proportion of member nominated trustees: A qualitative study

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Attitudes to increasing member-nominated trustee representation on pension scheme trustee boards....

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New statistics show thousands found fit for work as Government vows to push ahead with plans to reassess incapacity benefit claimants

New statistics show thousands found fit for work as Government vows to push ahead with plans to reassess incapacity benefit claimants

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

People being assessed for their ability to work are overwhelmingly being found fit and able to look for a job, according to new figures....

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Publication of DWP research report no. 669: Individuals' attitudes and likely reactions to the workplace pension reforms 2009

Publication of DWP research report no. 669: Individuals' attitudes and likely reactions to the workplace pension reforms 2009

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Findings from the 2009 survey of individual’s attitudes and reactions to the workplace pension reforms....

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Two new appointments to the HSE Board

Two new appointments to the HSE Board

Thursday, 22 July 2010

Paul Kenny and Frances Outram Wright have been appointed to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board as non-executive directors....

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Publication of DWP research report 666:European Social Fund Support for In work Training

Publication of DWP research report 666:European Social Fund Support for In work Training

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

A report is published today by the Department for Work and Pensions covering the European Social Fund Support for In Work Training....

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Publication of DWP research report 667:European Social Fund Evaluation of Gender Equality  and Equal Opportunities

Publication of DWP research report 667:European Social Fund Evaluation of Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

A report is published today by the DWP covering the European Social Fund (ESF) Evaluation of Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities....

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Publication of DWP research report 647: European Social Fund Cohort Study, Wave 1

Publication of DWP research report 647: European Social Fund Cohort Study, Wave 1

Tuesday, 20 July 2010

A report is published today by the Department for Work and Pensions covering the European Social Fund Cohort Study: Wave 1....

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Publication of DWP working paper NO.  665: What does the distribution of wealth  tell us about future retirement resources?

Publication of DWP working paper NO. 665: What does the distribution of wealth tell us about future retirement resources?

Thursday, 15 July 2010

Analysis of the distribution of wealth in the GB population using data from the first wave of the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS)....

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Grayling: revitalising the economy is crucial to get Britain  working

Grayling: revitalising the economy is crucial to get Britain working

Wednesday, 14 July 2010

The Government has welcomed the fall in the latest unemployment figures today....

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Statement on moving to CPI as the measure of price inflation

Statement on moving to CPI as the measure of price inflation

Monday, 12 July 2010

Intention to move to using the Consumer Price Index as the measure of inflation for the purposes of regulating occupational pension schemes....

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Publication of Department for Work and Pensions  Report 664:Postcode Selection? Employers’ Use of Area and  Address Based Information Shortcuts in Recruitment Decisions

Publication of Department for Work and Pensions Report 664:Postcode Selection? Employers’ Use of Area and Address Based Information Shortcuts in Recruitment Decisions

Friday, 09 July 2010

The extent to which address-based discrimination exists and its potential contribution to high rates of worklessness in deprived areas. ...

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Up to £20  million off fuel bills for poor pensioners as energy rebate scheme gets  underway

Up to £20 million off fuel bills for poor pensioners as energy rebate scheme gets underway

Thursday, 08 July 2010

Around 250,000 pensioners will start getting £80 off their next electricity bill from this month....

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Publication of DWP working paper 75:Study of child maintenance arrangements

Publication of DWP working paper 75:Study of child maintenance arrangements

Thursday, 08 July 2010

Findings published from a study of child maintenance arrangements - a survey of 926 families with a child maintenance interest....

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Publication  of DWP research reports: 648 –  Disability Living Allowance and Work: Exploratory research and evidence review and  649 – The  impact of Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance: Findings from  exploratory qualitative research
Publication  of DWP research report: Families  with children in Britain:  findings from the 2008 families and children study (FACS)

Publication of DWP research report: Families with children in Britain: findings from the 2008 families and children study (FACS)

Tuesday, 06 July 2010

Research published today by the DWP explores the characteristics and circumstances of families and children in 2008....

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Publication of DWP research report no. 657: 2009 Jobcentre Plus Customer Satisfaction Research; findings from quantitative and qualitative research
Publication of DWP research report no. 651: Accessing Jobcentre Plus Customer Services: a qualitative study

Publication of DWP research report no. 651: Accessing Jobcentre Plus Customer Services: a qualitative study

Thursday, 01 July 2010

Findings from a qualitative study of the Accessing Jobcentre Plus Customer Services (AJCS) model following its national roll-out. ...

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Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, Welfare to Work Event

Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, Welfare to Work Event

Thursday, 01 July 2010

Speech by Chris Grayling MP....

Reforming Welfare

Reforming Welfare

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith....

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