Sentences with phrase «pensions secretary claimed»

The Work and Pensions Secretary claimed workers trapped on cruel zero hours contracts are actually «more satisfied» than those in full - time work.

For example, the Work and Pensions Secretary claimed he could get by on # 53 a week and met with such derision that a petition calling on him to prove it attracted hundreds of thousands of signatories within a couple of days.

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If this wasn't enough, Cameron's government wants to further punish those on poverty wages by cutting the benefits that they have to claim, through reforms overseen by Work and Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith.

«This latest set back will do nothing to ease the concerns of the British public as we head towards a Gordon Brown coronation as prime minster,» claimed shadow work and pensions secretary Phillip Hammond.

He also claimed that Smith had recently said he was «very happy» in the shadow cabinet - moments before he resigned as shadow work and pensions secretary.

Paterson's secretary, Larry Schwartz, and NYC OTB President Greg Rayburn held a conference call earlier today to reiterate that the cash - strapped betting operation will shut down if the Legislature doesn't approve its restructuring plan, costing thousands of jobs and leaving the state on the hook for $ 540 million worth of pension liabilities and $ 100 million in outstanding bankruptcy claims.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, said EU migrants should wait for up to two years before being able to claim benefits rather than the current period of three months.

Recent claims by work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith that people in Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales should «get on the bus» to Cardiff to find work were immediately debunked by PCS, which pointed out that for every job vacancy in the city there were nine unemployed people.

Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary, criticises government's «hyperbole» and «ludicrous claims» about pension schemes.

However, work and pensions secretary John Hutton said he wanted to encourage more couples to settle their own affairs, and from 2008 will remove the requirement for all parents claiming benefits to use the government service.

Claim: The Daily Telegraph alleged that the work and pensions secretary avoided paying capital gains tax on the sale of a London flat after claiming expenses for tax advice from an accountant.

The shadow work and pensions secretary, Debbie Abrahams, is being investigated by Labour over a «workplace issue» understood to be connected to claims of bullying, something she has vehemently denied.

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Purnell): The number of people in the UK claiming jobseeker's allowance in October was 980,900.

Adopting a line taken by ministers throughout the week, a spokesman for the parliamentary under - secretary of state for pensions reform said: «All her claims were in line with the relevant House of Commons rules and guidance and have been approved by the Fees Office.»

The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said at the time she had not agreed to stand aside and claimed she had been a victim of a «bullying culture of the worst kind».

Conservative shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May is challenged over fellow MPs» expense claims.

But Lib Dem sources claimed details of the proposals have yet to be agreed and the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, was siding with them in the internal debate.

The Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, has said he would support changes to the way MPs» expenses are overseen, following the row over Culture Secretary Maria Miller's claims.

«To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what is the maximum period of time within which (a) benefit claimants are able to make backdated claims for benefit entitlement and (b) for which his Department may seek repayments of overpayments made in error.

Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith revealed he was in talks with a number of other European countries over how EU rules could be changed to make it harder for new arrivals to swiftly claim benefits.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has claimed almost all European leaders privately back Britain's push to end migrants «popping» between countries in search of higher benefits.

Ministers say the change will bring those claiming benefits in line with public sector workers but the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne said the cut will affect more working families than those who are out of work.

Michael Gove, the environment secretary, Penny Mordaunt, the newly - promoted defence secretary, David Gauk, the work and pensions secretary, Sajid Javid, the communities and local government secretary, Andrea Leadsom, the Leader of the House of Commons, and Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, have all used official expenses claims to pay for «ERG subscriptions» over the last 12 months.

Iain Duncan Smith, the former work and pensions secretary who claimed there was a «black ops» attempt to denigrate Leadsom, said rival MPs had to examine their behaviour.

Both Home Secretary Theresa May, pictured with Prime Minister David Cameron, and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith claim Labour doled out millions in benefits while allowing mass migration

In a rallying cry to the Labour party to unite behind Gordon Brown after «grim» local election results, the work and pensions secretary, James Purnell, claimed that the fight against poverty binds old and New Labour, and allows the party to expose the Tories.

Work and Pensions Secretary Ian Duncan Smith has refuted claims by the National Audit Office that the government's flagship welfare reform plan has been badly managed and is «overambitious».

The Labour leader made his stinging remarks after the Work and Pensions Secretary - who has been slashing welfare since 2010 - claimed slashing Personal Independence Payments (PIP) was a «compromise too far».

During the debate, senior government ministers including Damian Hinds, the education secretary and Esther McVey, the work and pensions secretary, claimed that no child would lose out on free school meals as a result of the scheme.

R (Clulow) v Secretary of Work and Pensions [2013] EWHC 3241 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 320 (Oct) Successfully resisted claim that the system for community care grants breached Article 14 of the ECHR.