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Galicia Opens Public Consultation on Child Law Granting Foster Families Adoption Priority

The draft centers child welfare on family care with approval targeted for the second quarter of 2026.

France Delays Family-Allowance Top-Up to Age 18 for New Cases, Effective Today

Uganda Police Free on Bond Two Women Arrested Over Alleged Same-Sex Activity

Senegal Moves to Toughen Anti-LGBT Law, Proposing Up to 10 Years in Prison

SER Urges Eight Weeks of Paid Caregiver Leave in the Netherlands

Kerala Cabinet Clears Nativity Card Bill, Paving Way for Permanent Proof of State Origin

Spain to Means-Test Power Bill Discount for Large Families Under New Energy Poverty Strategy

Campaigners Escalate Push to Scrap DWP Mixed‑Age Rule Blocking Pension Credit

Dutch Youth Ombudsmen Urge Student-Debt Cancellation for Children of Benefits Scandal as Government Rejects Blanket Relief

Canada Replaces Antisemitism and Islamophobia Envoys With National Rights Council

Kerala Adds 28 Communities to SEBC List for Higher-Education Benefits

SASSA Begins February Grant Payouts, Rejects SRD Rumors

DWP Opens Consultation to Bar Universal Credit for Hospital-Detained Offenders

UK Confirms 2026 Motability Tax Overhaul With VAT on Top‑Ups and Narrowed IPT Exemption

Insee Data Point to Postwar Low for 2025 Births in France

Brazil Raises INSS Retirement Thresholds for 2026 Under 2019 Pension Reform

New People Deputies Propose Extra Paid Time Off for New Year’s Night Shifts

France Delays New Birth Leave to July 2026

South Korea Sets 2029 Deadline to End Overseas Adoptions, Puts State in Charge

Novgorod Oblast Will Offer Over 1 Million Rubles for First Child Beginning January 2026