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Department for Work and Pensions

The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for welfare and pension policy and is a key player in tackling child poverty. It is the biggest public service delivery department in the UK and serves over 20 million customers.

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Youth unemployment is down by 18,000
There is a second consecutive fall in the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance

A4e stripped of work experience contract
DWP says that working with the company on this contract would involve ''too great a risk''

DWP staff caught in data breaches
Civil servants at the Department of Work and Pensions caught accessing private files

Civil servants accept ''higher'' pensions
Members of the civil service union Prospect have voted to accept the deal on their pension scheme

Work Programme ''set up without pilots''
But the Department for Work and Pensions should be commended for setting it up so quickly

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