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      <title>MPs question DWP Ministers on progress with introducing Universal Credit</title>
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      <title>Forthcoming evidence session into the role of Jobcentre Plus</title>
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      <description>Work and Pensions Committee takes evidence on Wednesday 26 June at 9.45am</description>
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      <title>Pensions Bill Committee announce evidence programme</title>
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      <title>Have your say on the Pensions Bill</title>
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      <description>Public Bill Committee now able to receive written evidence</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs publish report on responding to change in jobcentres</title>
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      <description>In 40% of cases, jobcentres do not know whether those who have stopped claiming have actually found work or not</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Commons second reading of Pensions Bill</title>
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      <description>MPs debated Bill in the Commons on Monday 17 June</description>
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      <title>Report published on HM Revenue &amp;amp; Customs: Tax credits error and fraud</title>
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      <description>Public Accounts Committee publishes its 4th report of this session</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs debate Lords amendments to Bills</title>
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      <description>Following consideration of amendments, Bills receive Royal Assent</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Public Service Pensions Bill: Lords consideration of amendments </title>
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      <description>Peers scrutinise Commons&amp;#39; changes</description>
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      <title>MPs publish report on State Pension reforms</title>
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      <description>Government must do more to explain its State Pension reforms to the public</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill: Lords third reading</title>
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      <description>Lords completes third reading</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Final evidence session on the Work Programme</title>
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      <description>MPs hear evidence from Mark Hoban MP, the DWP Minister for Employment, at 4.30pm on Wednesday 20 March </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill completes Lords report stage</title>
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      <description>Peers examine the cap on benefit rises and potental impact on child poverty </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs debate Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill</title>
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      <description>All stages of Bill were debated in House of Commons on 19 March</description>
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      <title>MPs take evidence on the Work Programme in Wales</title>
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      <description>Welsh Affairs Committee evidence session held on Tuesday 19 March at 9.30am</description>
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      <title>Greater focus on prevention and integration essential to improve Care &amp;amp; Support Bill, warn Peers and MPs </title>
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      <description>Joint Committee on Draft Care and Support Bill publish the findings of pre-legislative scrutiny </description>
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      <title>Work and Pensions Committee questions Minister for Pensions on proposed reforms</title>
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      <description>Final evidence session for pre-legislative scrutiny of Part 1 of the draft Bill</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Impact of changes to housing benefit in Wales</title>
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      <description>MPs hold evidence session on Monday 11 March at 2.15pm</description>
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      <title>Estimates day debates: Universal Credit and Regulation of Medical Implants</title>
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      <title>Urgent question on Romanian and Bulgarian benefits</title>
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      <description>Frank Field, MP for Birkenhead, asked question in the Commons</description>
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