Department for Work and Pensions
The Department for work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to over 22 million claimants and customers. Some of their responsibilities include understanding and dealing with the causes of poverty rather than its symptoms, encouraging people to work and making work pay and providing value for money and reducing levels of fraud and error.
Coronavirus: Support planned for self-isolators who don’t qualify for sick pay
The government is drawing up plans to offer financial support to people who are self-isolating but who do not qualify...
DWP must pay woman £400,000 after she wins claim for race and age discrimination
The DWP has been ordered to contact the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Women lose legal challenge against hike in state pension age
The manner in which the government increased women’s state pension age was not discriminatory, a judicial review has found, rather...
Who is Thérèse Coffey, Amber Rudd‘s replacement at DWP?
Thérèse Coffey has been appointed as the new secretary of state for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), following Amber Rudd's resignation.
Disability benefit extended after Supreme Court ruling on mental health
A landmark Supreme Court judgment could mean that people who find social situations debilitating will now be eligible to claim...
Rudd wants to increase disabled workers target
Amber Rudd has announced that she will review the government’s target of getting one million more disabled people in work...
Rise in auto-enrolment pension deductions will bite take-home pay
With auto-enrolment pension contributions set to rise from April, millions of UK employees will experience a decrease in their take-home...
Bosses who mishandle workers’ pensions could face jail
Company directors who handle employees’ pension funds with a devil-may-care attitude could face up to seven years in prison or...
‘Historic’ CDC pensions schemes given green light by DWP
The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation to shape new legislation around collective defined contribution pension schemes,...
Pensions Regulator sets out plan to beef up operations
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has announced plans that it said would enable it to become more effective when dealing organisations...
Disability: Access to Work grant rises by a third
Some disabled employees are to receive a 36% increase in Access to Work grants to assist them at work from...
“Nuclear” deterrent required for pensions avoidance, says Work and Pensions Committee
Following an inquiry into the collapse of BHS, the Work and Pensions Committee has recommended significant punitive fines and other...
Gig economy inquiry by Work and Pensions Committee launched
The Work and Pensions Committee has announced an inquiry into the UK welfare system’s ability to adequately support the growing...
Trade Union Act 2016 becomes law
The Government announced that Trade Union Bill had completed its parliamentary process by saying that "people will be protected from undemocratic industrial action"...
Civil partner pension benefits need not be equalised
Pension schemes will not be required to pay backdated benefits to civil partners of their members, due to a Court...
