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Welfare Economics

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DWP Opens Review to Modernise Carer’s Allowance

The consultation will gather carers’ evidence to reform unclear earnings rules that left many facing accidental debts.

Government Aligns Housing Benefit With Universal Credit to Stop Work Penalties

Audit Finds Rs25 Billion in Irregular BISP Payments to Over 600,000

UK Cuts Universal Credit Health Top-Up for Most New Claimants

Scotland Boosts Child Support as More Than 321,000 Children Receive Scottish Child Payment

Telangana Orders Design of Unified Welfare Card

DWP Begins Automatic Payments After Two‑Child Limit on Universal Credit Is Scrapped

Taylor's Plan to Bar Permanent Residents From Welfare Stirs Coalition Unease

Government Abolishes Two‑Child Limit on Universal Credit

Tamil Nadu Vows Quick May Payout as Women's Cash Scheme Undergoes Revamp

Bihar and Bengal Link Voter-Roll Deletions to Welfare Access

Universal Credit Help: £812 Budgeting Advances and Lower Repayment Cap as Rolls Near 8.3 Million

DWP Confirms 2026/27 State Pension Rates and Winter Fuel Payment Rules

DWP FOI Shows 1.5 Million Migrants Claimed Universal Credit in Year to December 2025

EU Court Strikes Down Bavaria’s Indexed Family Allowance

Punjab Begins Enrolling Women for ₹1,000–₹1,500 Monthly Aid With Payouts From July 1

Oxford Study Links Post-2013 Welfare Cuts to Surge in Long-Term Child Poverty

Argentina Launches Single Registry to Track Social Benefit Recipients

UK Scraps Two-Child Limit for Universal Credit, With Changes Taking Effect April 6

Assam Credits ₹9,000 Each to 40 Lakh Orunodoi Beneficiaries in Record Single-Day Transfer