It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A County Durham social welfare centre is set to undergo vital repairs thanks to a £25,000 grant. The Easington Social Welfare Centre ...

For so many decades, governments and humanitarian organizations have felt ravaged by a common issue: flow of social welfare benefits to the right people at the right time without leakage ...

The Trump administration backed down this week from a change that would have made accessing Social Security benefits harder following backlash and confusion among recipients. As part of a ...

From today, people who lose their jobs will have social welfare payments linked to their previous earnings for almost a year as part of a significant overhaul of the jobseeker’s allowance system.

Retired public sector employees eligible for additional benefits due to the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) will finally see their monthly payments increase. If you received Social Security ...

More than 10,200 unemployed people had their social welfare payments reduced last year over their failure to fully cooperate with efforts to find them work. New figures published by the Department ...

Donald Trump has spent years presenting himself to the public as a Social Security proponent. In fact, throughout his 2016 candidacy, the Republican tried to differentiate himself from his GOP ...

Department of Social Protection officials would be permitted to participate in Garda interviews with suspects in complex cases involving welfare fraud under new legislation being examined by the ...

ALL social welfare recipients have been warned to be aware of a major payment schedule shake-up today. The government has confirmed that every single cash boost will be paid out early ahead of the ...

Mike Parson’s six years in office. The Department of Social Services’ director, Jess Bax, was confirmed by the Missouri Senate last week. Bax praised Smith’s “deep commitment to child welfare, ...

Staff at social welfare offices were subject to dozens of terrifying threats with one person saying there would be a riot with “guns, machetes and balaclav... Thursday, 29 May 2025 ePaper ...

A briefing note for new minister Dara Calleary shows there was a “significant stock” of social welfare overpayments with an outstanding balance of €558 million in October 2024. Of that ...