India rolls out simplified labour codes to modernise outdated laws.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Tuesday it is placing a hold on all pending asylum applications and will pau...

Is there any realistic chance of bringing down the welfare bill before the next election? Sir Keir Starmer would have you believe so, even i...

Sir Keir Starmer on Monday promised a “productivity revolution”, pledging to reform a welfare state that has “kept young people out of work”...

Unemployed people in Jaywick, Essex, are celebrating after the Chancellor ceded to Labour MPs' demands for more benefits handouts.

Sir Keir Starmer will signal plans to curb welfare for young people with mental health issues amid criticism over Budget tax rises helping t...

Many Indigenous families rely on SNAP benefits, and they struggled during the government shutdown. We hear from tribal members on how they t...

In an extraordinary move, the fiscal watchdog yesterday revealed that the Chancellor was told months ago that there was no hole in the publi...

Black Friday bargains no longer tempt people to leave Thanksgiving tables for midnight mall runs

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A new bill could boost Social Security benefits for widowed and surviving divorced spouses. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand...

Residents of Channel 4's Benefits Street have reacted to Rachel Reeves' financial plan for Britain - with some praising the "welcome bonus"...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a series of extraordinary grim warnings about the state of the government's books in the run-up to the Bu...

All the essential cost of living information you need in December

NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday bargains no longer tempt people to leave Thanksgiving tables for midnight mall runs. Brawls in store aisles ove...

So what do today's inhabitants of Benefits Street in Birmingham - 11 years on from that now-infamous documentary - really think of the Chanc...