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DWP Says Universal Credit Sanctions Can Reduce Standard Allowance to Zero

Officials say sanctions follow checks for vulnerability with repayable hardship help available.

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

Spain’s Minimum Income Benefit Tops 2.44 Million People After 11.4% 2026 Revaluation

MPs Back Scrapping Two-Child Benefit Limit in 458–104 Second-Reading Vote

Moreno Bill Would Ban Remittances by Welfare Recipients With Fines Up to $100,000

Economic Survey Warns State Cash Transfers Threaten Fiscal Health, Urges Conditional Support

DWP to Reassess Carer’s Allowance Overpayments, With Possible Debt Write-Offs and Refunds

Germany Sent Record €528 Million in Child Benefit to Foreign Accounts in 2025

Russia Sets New 503,000-Ruble Cap on Work-Injury Sick Leave Starting Feb. 1

Universal Credit Hits 8.40 Million as ‘No Work Requirement’ Cases Surge