A basic rule of politics: always look below the headlines. That's certainly so with questions of poverty. Government trumpets growing employment levels and the successes of the Department for Work & ...

The Department for Work and Pension’s Connect to Work programme is rolling out across 15 areas in England. The intention is to deliver a £3.8billion support package to help disabled and sick people ...

The Bridges Pathway work experience programme aims to bring "mutual benefits" to both businesses and young people. Businesses will be matched up with work-ready young people for work experience ...

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers have introduced a bill to protect the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, a pathway used by thousands of international students, including a large number from ...

A pilot programme helping young people transition from training to jobs will be expanded into a year-round scheme. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, told the House of Assembly that ...