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News Archive 2004

December
31/12/2004 Important information for those affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Asia
21/12/2004 Against ageism
20/12/2004 Fraud fight saves a billion
11 - 17/12/2004 Digest: 11 to 17 December 2004
16/12/2004 Employer Task Force report on voluntary pension provision
04 - 10/12/2004 Digest: 4 to 10 December 2004
07/12/2004 Increases in benefits and entitlements
03/12/2004 Spending power of disabled shoppers can benefit businesses
02/12/2004 Pre-budget report
01/12/2004 Disability Discrimination Bill published
November
29/11/2004 Carer's Allowance e-service anniversary and Carers’Rights Day
29/11/2004 Extra cash to help disadvantaged
20 - 26/11/2004 Digest: 20 to 26 November 2004
23/11/2004 Tackling ethnic minority unemployment
22/11/2004 Access All Area awards
13 - 19/11/2004 Digest: 13 to 19 November 2004
19/11/2004 DWP agreement on seeking to avoid compulsory redundancy
17/11/2004 Employment hits record high
17/11/2004 Building on New Deal: prototypes announced
06 - 12/11/2004 Digest: 6 to 12 November 2004
30/10 - 05/11/2004 Digest: 30 October to 5 November 2004
October
24 - 30/10/2004 Digest: 24 to 30 October 2004
29/10/2004 Pension Reform explained: New section on DWP website
27/10/2004 State Pension forecast online
17 - 23/10/2004 Digest: 17 to 23 October 2004
10 - 16/10/2004 Digest: 10 to 16 October 2004
14/10/2004 Minister for Children to work with DWP
13/10/2004 Labour market policies building on success - Kennedy
12/10/2004 Pensions Commission report
03 - 09/10/2004 Digest: 3 to 9 October 2004
08/10/2004 Link-Age document in consultation
06/10/2004 £2 billion extra a year going to pensioners
04/10/2004 Pension scheme providers: contact us if you think you're potentially eligible for the Financial Assistance Scheme
18/09 - 01/10/2004 Digest: 18 September to 1 October 2004
01/10/2004 Alan Johnson heralds DDA day
September
29/09/2004 Reward for Age Positive recruiters
11 - 17/09/2004 Digest: 11 to 17 September 2004
13/09/2004 Tackling poverty street by street: “Opportunity for all”
04 - 09/09/2004 Digest: 4 to 9 September 2004
09/09/2004 New Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
August
28/08 - 03/09/2004 Digest: 28 August to 3 September 2004
30/08/2004 Pensions Minister visits Luton mosque
30/08/2004 Link-Age –Government's strategy for services for older people
21 - 27/08/2004 Digest: 21 to 27 August 2004
23/08/2004 Festival gets its disability act together
14 - 20/08/2004 Digest: 14 to 20 August 2004
16/08/2004 Older people stay warmer this winter with £200 or more
16/08/2004 B&Q and DWP help firms open up to disability
16/08/2004 Employment up by 181 thousand on the year
07 - 13/08/2004 Digest: 7 to 13 August 2004
31/07 - 06/08/2004 Digest: 31 July to 6 August 2004
06/08/2004 Nearly one million lone parents in work
06/08/2004 Investigators launch raids on counterfeit DVD sellers
05/08/2004 DWP launches Welsh Language Scheme
03/08/2004 Equality for disabled people
July
24 - 30/07/2004 Digest: 24 to 30 July 2004
17 - 23/07/2004 Digest: 17 to 23 July 2004
23/07/2004 European Social Fund improves skills and work chances
10 - 16/07/2004 Digest: 10 to 16 July 2004
15/07/2004 “UK has a world class labour market”–Kennedy
09/07/2004 Pension consultation praised by Better Regulation chairman
09/07/2004 DWP publishes progress report on race equality
08/07/2004 Pension Credit –helping the poorest pensioners
05/07/2004 Guidance for public sector on Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance
05/07/2004 Andrew Smith launches Pensions Information Pack pilot
26 - 02/07/2004 Digest: 26 June to 2 July 2004
01/07/2004 Lasting legacy of European Year of Disabled People
June
30/06/2004 Financial Assistance Scheme
29/06/2004 Further modernisation of DWP announced
28/06/2004 Hard-hitting warning for benefit fraudsters: ‘Think twice’
20 - 26/06/2004 Digest: 20 to 26 June 2004
22/06/2004 Jobcentre Plus celebrates 500th milestone
19/06/2004 Age Positive Week
19/06/2004 Minister calls for carers to claim what's theirs
05 - 18/062004 Digest: 5 to 18 June 2004
17/06/2004 Targeting Benefit Fraud summer campaign –‘We're on to you’
17/06/2004 Building on New Deal final report
11/06/2004 Look out for new Direct Payment adverts
07/06/2004 Citizen consultation on German and British state pensions
22/05 - 04/06/2004 Digest: 22 May to 4 June 2004
May
15 - 21/05/2004 Digest: 15 to 21 May 2004
19/05/2004 Building on New Deal
18/05/2004 Rewards for accessible businesses
17/05/2004 More help for pensions victims
08 - 14/05/2004 Digest: 8 to 14 May 2004
14/05/2004 UK has highest-ever employment levels
11/05/2004 Funding boost for British Sign Language
01 - 07/05/2004 Digest: 1 to 7 May 2004
April
29/04/2004 DWP Departmental Report 2004 published
08/04/2004 10 million reasons to be open for business
02/04/2004 Jane Kennedy joins DWP
01/04/2004 Winning the war on poverty
March
30/03/2004 Boost for Social Fund
17/03/2004 Budget Report
10/03/2004 Direct Payment hits the road
04/03/2004 Don't miss out on Council Tax Benefit
03/03/2004 Pensions update
February
26/02/2004 Making work a safer place
19/02/2004 Age Positive works with trade unions
03/02/2004 Making Informed Choice a reality: new government proposals
January
29/01/2004 We're on to you too - young people targeted in benefit fraud campaign
28/01/2004 Stay warm during the cold snap
23/01/2004 FA sets goals for disability football
16/01/2004 Employment at record levels
14/01/2004 Minister encourages Pension Credit take-up in Northampton
14/01/2004 ‘First rate service’for Pension Credit customers as over 2.5 million benefit