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 ...

If you’re entitled to the Canada Child Benefit (CCB), your payment is set to come out today Thursday, March 20. The CCB is a tax-free monthly payment meant to help eligible families with the costs of ...

The changes come after concerns that the bill for those on disability and long-term sickness benefits will hit £70bn by 2030, with the number of claimants rising from the current 2.8 million to 4 ...

The eligibility criteria for disability benefits will be narrowed in a bid to slash £5bn from the welfare bill, Liz Kendall has announced. Speaking in the Commons, the work and pensions secretary ...

Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall published a green paper to slash the ballooning benefits bill and boost the country’s struggling economy with more than £5bn of savings by 2029 to 2030.

The government has unveiled sweeping changes to the benefits system, aimed at saving £5bn a year by 2030. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the overhaul would create a more "pro-work ...

Among one of the most drastic changes announced by the Government today was changes to the eligibility for PIP which will result in fewer people being able to claim the benefit. While it won't ...

A new trove of anti-Semitic slurs by the alleged “caravan terror plot” mastermind has been unearthed, as police scramble to deny a stinging claim by Australia’s ...

Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S. and European politics, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ...

Every Wednesday in the Herald Express, our Torquay United correspondent Richard Hughes takes a sideways look at what's going on in the world of the Gulls. This week, he looks at the run-in - and ...

Opposition leader Peter Dutton denies that he used a "fabricated" terror plot and a spate of arson attacks to stoke fear in the community.

Photo Jeremy Piper “Today, I can reveal the caravan was never going to cause a mass casualty event but instead was concocted by criminals who wanted to cause fear for personal benefit.” ...