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Pension Credit awareness drive as thousands of eligible pensioners yet to claim
— Press release
Pensioners urged to check if they could be eligible for Pension Credit to secure the Winter Fuel Payment, worth up to £300 per household.
Kendall launches blueprint for fundamental reform to change the DWP from a ‘Department of Welfare to a Department for Work’
— Press release
Liz Kendall will today set out how Britain’s system of employment support must be fundamentally reformed to tackle the “most urgent challenge” of spiralling economic inactivity.
Work and Pensions Secretary slams labour market stats as ‘truly dire’ and affirms mission to Get Britain Working again
— Press release
The ‘truly dire’ state of the labour market has been revealed today with the number of people classed as economically inactive has spiralled to 9.4 million, as the Work and Pensions Secretary reaffirms her Plan to Get Britain Working again.
Back to Work Plan will help drive economic growth in every region
— Press release
On a visit to Leeds Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will today (Thursday 11 July) confirm the Government’s commitments to its manifesto Back to Work Plan, and say tackling economic inactivity is central to the Government’s number one mission of growing the economy.
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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 around 20 million claimants and customers.
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Pension Credit awareness drive as thousands of eligible pensioners yet to claim
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Child Poverty Taskforce kicks off urgent work to publish strategy in spring
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The Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP
- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP
- Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability)
Alison McGovern MP
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Baroness Sherlock OBE
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Andrew Western MP
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Emma Reynolds MP
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Sir Peter Schofield KCB
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Neil Couling CB CBE
Change and Resilience Director General and Senior Responsible Owner Universal Credit
Richard Corbridge
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Debbie Alder
Director General, Corporate Transformation
Katie Farrington
Director-General for Disability, Health and Pensions
Catherine Vaughan
Director General, Finance
Sophie Dean
Director General for Labour Market Policy and Implementation (jobshare)
Katherine Green
Director General for Labour Market Policy and Implementation (jobshare)
Julie Blomley
Director General, People and Capability
Amanda Reynolds
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Barbara Bradley
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Ashley Machin
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Valerie Hughes D’Aeth
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John McGlynn
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Reverend Professor Gina Radford
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Charlie Steel
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