Press releases
In this section you can read all the latest DWP press releases. Press releases for the previous administration can be found in the Previous administration press releases section. Older material is available from the Publications archive.
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Latest press releases
- 09/02/12 – Help at hand all year round for pensioners on a low income
- 01/02/12 – All set for automatic enrolment as key regulations in place
- 26/01/12 – Publication of DWP research report 'Active at 60: local evaluation research'
- 25/01/12 – New timetable clarifies automatic enrolment starting dates
- 25/01/12 – Putting children first – £20 million to help separating families
- 25/01/12 – Grayling: Removing the sickness benefit trap
- 24/01/12 – Departmental Response to NAO Report on the Work Programme
- 20/01/12 – New campaign launches to get people saving for retirement
- 20/01/12 – Government publishes overseas benefit claimant research
- 19/01/12 – Councils and housing associations to test direct payments of housing cost support
- 18/01/12 – Rise in unemployment driven by more people entering the labour market: redundancy levels and JSA claims stabilising
- 12/01/12 – DWP In-house research report 'Attitudes to Age in Britain 2010-11'
- 03/01/12 – £200 million payment by results scheme to help troubled families
- 30/12/11 – Undersaving Britain - pension saving at the lowest level in 10 years
- 22/12/11 – Reappointment of Chairman of Remploy Ltd
- 16/12/11 – Making the WCA work better for cancer patients
- 15/12/11 – Action on short service refunds and small pots – Webb
- 15/12/11 – Lone Parent Obligations: work, childcare and the JSA regime
- 14/12/11 – Additional £30m for local authorities to support tenants in adapted accommodation and foster carers
- 14/12/11 – Grayling: labour market shows signs of stabilising
- 13/12/11 – Voluntary Sector Robust in the Work Programme
- 12/12/11 – Cold weather triggers first payments to most vulnerable
- 12/12/11 – Freud: bereavement benefits must support claimants after loss and offer a supported return to work
- 08/12/11 – Publication of DWP working paper 105: In-Work Support for Lone Parents: Using the UK ERA Demonstration to Examine Cross-Office Variation in Effectiveness
- 06/12/11 – Benefit rates 2012 – including biggest ever cash increase to the basic State Pension as it rises to £107.45 in 2012/13
- 06/12/11 – Freud: Support for Mortgage Interest must be fair and affordable
- 01/12/11 – Fulfilling potential: disabled people asked to shape Government policy
- 01/12/11 – Care home residents to keep DLA/PIP mobility
All press releases
Press releases are organised by the month they were issued and by their subject area.
- 2010
- Press releases for the previous administration can be found in the Previous administration press releases section.
Older material is available from the Publications archive