Department of Work and Pensions

Just the job for those seeking work

The employment figure from July to September 2015 is up, 177,000 more people are in work than between April to June.

This is great news for the UK and the south west has one of the lowest rates of unemployment in the UK. That’s great news for our local economy.

But there are still some people who find it hard to get back to work, and the longer you are out of the workplace,...

Which? launches campaign against high cost credit

A campaign from consumer advice group Which? is calling on the Government to bring in tighter regulations on the way money is lent by banks, credit card companies and pay day lenders.

The consumer group has claimed that overdrafts and other high end credit products are just as expensive as controversial pay day loans.

They found that on some current accounts borrowing £100 for...

£300m Universal Credit welfare reform poor value, says financial watchdog

The Government's Universal Credit reform was "overly ambitious", "took risks to try to meet the short timescale" and "suffered from weak management". So concludes a report by the financial watchdog, the National Audit Office into the implementation of one of the Coalition's high profile welfare reform policies.

The National Audit Office has concluded that the Department for Work and...