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WELSH FIRM WIND UPS AND BANKRUPTCIES HIGHER THAN REST OF UK

Fri 15th Aug 2008

Commenting on today's release of Company Wind-Up and Bankruptcy Petition Statistics, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said:

STAGGERING SURGE IN WELSH HOME REPOSESSIONS

Fri 15th Aug 2008

Commenting on today's release of mortgage and landlord possession statistics, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said:

Complex benefit system even baffles those working in it - Willott

Wed 13th Aug 2008

The Department of Work and Pensions has had its accounts qualified by the National Audit Office for the 19th consecutive year with figures showing official error outweighing customer error and fraud.

WELSH FIRMS CUTTING JOBS FASTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN UK

Tue 12th Aug 2008

As the Government released figures showing that inflation has hit 4.4%, the Royal Bank of Scotland's released the latest Purchasing Managers Index Report for Wales showing that Welsh businesses are shedding jobs faster than any other region.

Over-complex benefits trap 700,000 pensioners in poverty

Tue 12th Aug 2008

700,000 pensioners are living in poverty because they are not getting the benefits they are entitled to, the Liberal Democrats have revealed.

Tory proposals rehashing old announcements

Tue 29th Jul 2008

Commenting on the Conservative's Uniting Britain's Divided Cities programme, which was released today, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott MP, said:

Home Office allowing private companies access to the DNA database

Tue 29th Jul 2008

The Home office has been allowing private companies access to the DNA database for commercial reasons, according to a Freedom of Information request by Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central.

Welfare reform paper ignores children in poverty

Mon 21st Jul 2008

Commenting on today's Welfare Reform Green Paper, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott said:

Welsh Economy Shedding Jobs Faster than anywhere in the UK

Mon 21st Jul 2008

Commenting on the latest Royal Bank of Scotland's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) report for Wales that was released over the weekend, Jenny Willott, Lib Dem shadow Work and Pensions Secretary and MP for Cardiff Central, said:

Violent Crime Surge in South Wales

Thu 17th Jul 2008

Commenting on figures today showing that violent offences against the person have risen by 12% over the last year in South Wales, the highest increase anywhere in the UK, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said:

Labour failing on ethnic minority employment

Thu 17th Jul 2008

Commenting on today's Public Accounts Committee report on increasing employment rates for ethnic minorities, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott said:

Jobs down and Jobseekers Up in Wales

Wed 16th Jul 2008

Commenting on today's statistics released today by Office of National Statistics showing that unemployment in Wales rose by 6,000 over the last three months, Jenny Willott, Lib Dem Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary and MP for Cardiff Central, said:

Government abandoning pensioners to shorter lives

Wed 16th Jul 2008

Commenting on today's [Wednesday] report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies which reveals that the poorest older people are more than twice as likely to die at any given age than the richest, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott said:

£14bn lost in tax credits

Mon 14th Jul 2008

Almost £14bn has been lost though overpayments, fraud and error in tax credits since their introduction in 2003, analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.

Pensioner incomes fail to keep pace with cost of living

Mon 14th Jul 2008

Commenting on Office of National Statistics figures that reveal the increase in the cost of living outstripped pensioner income last year, Jenny Willott, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary and MP for Cardiff Central, said:

New benefits figures startling

Wed 9th Jul 2008

Figures showing startling levels of benefit claims across the country have been highlighted by the Liberal Democrats.

Government abandoning young people to unemployment

Wed 9th Jul 2008

Commenting on today's Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report which revealed the employment rate of 16 to 24 year olds fell to 55% last year, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott said:

MINISTERS TURN BLIND EYE TO COSTLY MISTAKES

Thu 3rd Jul 2008

New figures released today show that the Department for Work and Pensions has been forced to spend £52m compensating people for mistakes made over the last 6 years.

DECLINE IN PENSION SCHEMES A WORRING TREND

Wed 2nd Jul 2008

Commenting on new figures from the Office of National Statistics, which show that the number of private sector workers that are members of occupational pension schemes has fallen by 400,000 since last year, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott said:

WILLOTT: SLUMP IN WORKERS' PENSIONS SAVINGS A SIGN OF ASW EFFECT?

Wed 2nd Jul 2008

Commenting on new figures from the Office of National Statistics, which show that the number of private sector workers that are members of occupational pension schemes has fallen by 400,000 since last year, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary and MP for Cardiff Central, Jenny Willott, said:

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