Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

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Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The head of the Department for Work and Pensions, a department of the British government responsible for administration of welfare policy, British Social Security, state pensions, and similar matters. Because the secretary oversees most government payments to citizens, he/she administers the largest budget of any department in the U.K. He/she is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister.
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The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will meet in Luxembourg on 1 June under the joint chairmanship of Martin Bartenstein, the Austrian Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour, and Ursula Haubner, the Federal Minister of Social Security, Generations and Consumer Protection.
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