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Simon Collyer of the ABC is challenging the DWP over what might be described as a legal anomaly, a matter that could potentially affect all jobseekers. We cannot discuss the details of the case, but the DWP are battling not to have the case heard in...

UK Labour Market Statistics: April 2018 Main points for December 2017 to February 2018 Estimates from the Labour Force Survey show that, between September to November 2017 and December 2017 to February 2018, the number of people in work increased, th...

The Armed Forces have a significant shortage of personnel with skills in critical areas and are not expected to meet this shortfall within the next five years, says a report, published today, by the National Audit Office (NAO). The report highlights...

Massimiliano Mascherini looks at the enduring issue of long-term unemployment among young people. Despite considerable improvement in the labour market participation of youth in recent years, the legacy of the crisis is still visible in the substanti...

SNP MP Alison Thewliss has written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions calling for an urgent meeting over comments made by the Minister during a Holyrood Social Security Committee on the Tory government’s welfare reform policies. At...

Responding to the Resolution Foundation's prediction that one third of young people will never own their own home, Liberal Democrat Housing spokesperson Wera Hobhouse commented: “This government has failed time and time again to take sufficient...

Britons have been given their first pay rise since the beginning of last year with average wages climbing. A year-long squeeze on real incomes, constraining economic growth, has come to an end.   Figures released tomorrow are expected to show av...

“My Constituent Was Sanctioned For A Heart Attack” DWP Boss Ignoring Real Life Impact of Tory Policies. DWP boss Esther McVey struggled through a Holyrood committee meeting as the real life impact of Tory welfare policies was laid bare. S...

Are you based in Wales and looking for work? Workways+ is backed by £17.3m of EU funds through the Welsh Government. Support targets participants residing outside of Communities First Areas who are economically inactive, long-term unemployed or...

Social Security Committee April 16, 2018 09:00 1. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: The Committee will take evidence from-  Rt Hon Esther McVey MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, UK Government;Mary Pattison, Director, Ageing S...