On average, housing benefit makes up 53 percent of refuge funding... READ MORE›
Now, President Donald Trump wants to put his stamp on the welfare system, apparently in favor of a more restrictive policy... READ MORE›
Changes announced in budget will not be introduced until as late as April, leaving some families facing a tough Christmas... READ MORE›
PM says government will no longer roll out changes that would have capped benefit for social housing and supported homes... READ MORE›
Irish people today are facing grave and persistent challenges in homelessness, in poverty and across a whole range of other issues... READ MORE›
I would certainly welcome an increase in social welfare payments... READ MORE›
Under the program, welfare recipients have their payments quarantined and they are not allowed to buy alcohol or drugs... READ MORE›
Iain duncan smith should resign says jeremy corbyn... READ MORE›
Frank Field attacks rule that says politicians cannot discuss individual cases with DWP unless clients have given explicit consent online... READ MORE›
In Derby, Preston, Chorley and Southampton, researchers found particularly high rates of people being referred for sanctions... READ MORE›
This weekend the concept faces its first proper test of public opinion, as Switzerland votes on a proposal to introduce a national basic income... READ MORE›
On the contrary, employment commitment was much higher in all the studied groups in bigger welfare states... READ MORE›
Ontario joins a growing global movement putting basic income to the test... READ MORE›
George Osborne pointed out this week that Britain has 1 of the world's population 4 of its GDP and 7 of its welfare spending... READ MORE›
The explicit consent rule applies to claimants on the full service universal credit, of which there are about 450,000 in the UK... READ MORE›
Benefit claimants are subjected to an unacceptable postcode lottery that can determine whether or not they are driven into poverty by sanctions, MPs have said... READ MORE›
Nine-year-old Daniel Cabrera and his family were flooded with donations and offers of assistance after the moving image was posted online last month... READ MORE›
Identity Ireland members clashed with the protesters calling them thugs and accusing them of harassing their fledgling political movement... READ MORE›
Said international evidence pointed to the effectiveness of benefit sanctions, but warned that no system is perfect and ideally nobody would need to be sanctioned... READ MORE›
The shame of Grenfell Tower might mark a turning point, but for public services, austerity will be a long time ending... READ MORE›
Action is required to expand access to the family violence exception to persons on non-partner visas e.g... READ MORE›
One area of social assistance that didn't see increases was welfare monthly payments remain capped at 610 a month... READ MORE›
Mr Morrison tried to justify the increase by linking it to the costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme... READ MORE›
TRUMP The RAISE Act prevents new migrants and new immigrants from collecting welfare, and protects U.S. workers from being displaced... READ MORE›
A 69-year-old father-of-two believes his family will go hungry if any change is made to his lone parent allowance... READ MORE›
A court in the city has gone some way to normalising prostitution by insisting a brothel owner give benefits to its sex workers... READ MORE›
I am particularly pleased to partially restore the payment this year to all long-term welfare recipients, said Tanaiste and Social Protection Minister, Joan Burton... READ MORE›
As reported this week, a cohort of Fine Gael backbenchers is putting pressure on Finance Minister Michael Noonan to introduce tax incentives for market towns... READ MORE›
Labour sources said the report found that claims of welfare traps were overstated... READ MORE›
It currently features short films of people and not the Catholic Angelus prayer... READ MORE›
It also has to incorporate cuts introduced in the welfare and work act, such as a two-child limit on tax credits... READ MORE›
Clearly, the Government is out of touch and has underestimated the anger at these unfair water charges... READ MORE›
Family to be reunited julie fitzsimons husband ziggy with children maia 3 and nikolas 1 . the family are emigrating from limerick to the uk... READ MORE›
Welfare payments to EU migrants' children living outside Britain would be stopped and jobless EU migrants would be removed if they were unable to find work within six months... READ MORE›
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