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Bolsa Família App Update Goes Live on Android With New Benefit Tools

The Android-only release aims to cut trips to local social-assistance centers known as CRAS by showing issues to fix before visits.

DWP and HMRC Bring Forward Bank Holiday Benefit Payments to Friday 22 May

DWP Launches One-Off Payouts for Claimants Wrongly Moved From Legacy Benefits to Universal Credit

DWP Publishes Code Setting Rules for Bank Checks on Benefits

DWP Launches Test Phase for New Bank-Data Checks and Debt Recovery Powers

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

UK Child Disability Claims to Top 1 Million by 2027 as Behavioural Cases Surge

Retailleau Unveils Natalist Plan With New Family Income and Six-Month Leave

DWP Says Universal Credit Sanctions Can Reduce Standard Allowance to Zero

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

HMRC Begins Changing Tax Codes to Reclaim Winter Fuel Payments From Higher‑Income Pensioners

DWP Closes Two Legacy Benefits And Delays ESA, Housing Benefit Switch To Summer

DWP Ends Income Support and Income-Based JSA as Universal Credit Rollout Reaches Final Phase

Think Tank Says 'Sickfluencers' and AI Are Skewing UK Disability Claims

Germany Sets 2027 Rollout for Automatic Child Benefit After Cabinet Approval

DWP Confirms April Universal Credit Rise for Nearly 4 Million as Health Element Changes for New Claims

DWP’s Universal Credit Review Saves £1 Billion as New Study Warns of Harm to Claimants

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

DWP Begins ESA Wind-Down on March 1 as Universal Credit Migration Enters Final Stage