The government can't "shrug its shoulders" and pretend the welfare system is "progressive", Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he again defended his benefit cuts. The prime minister told Sky News ...

The government’s plans for disability benefit cuts which will impact around one million people will have sharp knock-on effects, including for unpaid carers. Liz Kendall’s plans mean that in future, ...

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Charles Gillies, of the Disability Benefit Consortium, warned more disabled people would be pushed into poverty. What other measures have been announced? Ms Kendall also announced a review of the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ministers are set to drop plans to freeze a major disability benefit next year in an attempt to quell a ...

Emily's benefit is not due for review until 2031 but the government wants more frequent reassessments for many Pip claimants, and she fears that for people like her with autism, the stricter ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — At grocery checkout counters across Virginia, some SNAP customers are reporting significant reductions in their benefits. This week the USDA announced a more than $1 ...

The changes have sparked concerns about the future of benefit payments, as prominent former workers at the SSA and lawmakers warn that the system, which paid out $1.5 trillion in benefits in 2024 ...

Researchers found particularly fast growth in new disability benefit claims for learning disability and autism spectrum claims. There was also evidence of increasing levels of severe mental health ...

Sir Keir Starmer has called the current benefits system unsustainable, indefensible and unfair, and said the government could not "shrug its shoulders and look away". Addressing Labour MPs on ...

A single Antarctic krill is about the size of your pinky finger. But with an estimated population of more than 700 trillion in the Southern Ocean, the tiny crustacean’s collective impact across ...