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Robert joined the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as Permanent Secretary in January 2011 having been Permanent Secretary at the Department of Transport from May 2007. Amazingly during his tenure, The departme...

The Chair of the Work and Pension Committee has written to the Chief Executive of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) querying the financial settlement for the Monarch Airlines pension scheme. The questions centre around a £7.5 million secured lo...

We wrote with some ideas to Lord Heseltine recently following a Channel 4 broadcast that Mr. Heseltine took part in. Lord Heseltine was kind enough to comment: I read of your work with much interest.  I hope it...

Today, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will use her leader’s speech at the SNP conference to say her focus now is on “the next 10 years and beyond.” Sturgeon will vow to “put Scotland in the driving seat” and com...

Having just won a significant Working Time Regulations case ourselves at an Employment Tribunal, we are always keen to see how the DWP treats its own staff.  You might be interested to read these four cases. It gives an insight into how fair the...

A desperately ill woman is living alone by candlelight without power or heating after her benefits were axed. Donna Cross has lived in a crumbling room without electricity or gas for a year with only a stained sofa and duvet to keep her warm. Ms...

There will be no u-turn over Universal Credit despite pleas from former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major, Ministers have made clear. Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke told the House of Commons that the roll-out of the new benefits sys...

End Hunger's activist conference is a week away. This will be a chance to bring together people from around the country who want to see an end to people being forced to use food banks. It will bring together local groups from across the country...

Carole Spiers is the founder of International Stress Awareness Day and Chair of the International Stress Management Association [ISMA]. As part of International Stress Awareness Day [INSAD], a confidential stress survey is being conducted to ide...

Very proud that our latest article on the Las Vegas shooting incident has been reproduced by the prestigious Barrister magazine. Dare we risk it and praise our own work, but it is an interesting read and sheds new insights and ideas on a topic commen...