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The Government have waved through another year of frozen benefits for millions of working people. Labour, SNP and Liberal Democrat MPs have pointed out the detrimental impact this will have on people. The state pension will rise by 3% next...

The government today publishes its response to Matt Taylor’s review of the gig economy, promising a raft of new rights for casual workers. The BBC has a write-up here. The response has been mixed, with center-ground groups like the Resolution F...

The very nature of work has been changing in recent years as, for example, the gig economy develops and automation takes off. For some, the labour market has been radically transformed, but for others their experience of work has remained constant &n...

The Resolution Foundation have released this report: Generational welfare: Key Findings: Because the modern welfare state developed as they were in older working age, cohorts that have now mainly reached the end of their lives – members of the...

DWP confirms that some smaller jobcentres will merge with larger ones, and others will be co-located within local government premises. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published more details on the future of DWP jobcentr...

In March 2014, DWP announced that some offices were transferring to new postal addresses as part of a modernisation process.  However, DWP is still receiving incorrectly addressed post. This can result in delayed action for customers and partner...

The Warm Home Discount Scheme provides a £140 rebate on electricity bills to certain Pension Credit Guarantee Credit claimants. Most eligible claimants will have received the rebate automatically from their energy supplier. Eligible claimants w...

Tax-Free Childcare is a new government scheme to help working parents with the cost of childcare. Parents with children aged under 9 can now apply online to receive up to £2,000 per child, per year, to pay towards childcare. For disabled childr...

The Get to know your Pension campaign encourages people to find out how much State Pension they could get and when they could get it. The new Get to know your Pension website helps with this by providing easy access to online forecasts and calculator...

In general, the costs of childcare or home help services are not tax deductible, although there has been some debate about whether they should be.  In his 1990 Budget the then Chancellor John Major announced that from April 1990 employees would...