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

Officials project the reform will lift 450,000 children out of poverty.

DWP Confirms 3.8% Rise to Disability Benefits From April 6, Lifting Max PIP to £194.60 a Week

DWP Sets 2026 Start for Pension Credit Fraud Reviews Under New Bank-Check Powers

HMRC Reinstates Child Benefit for 17,000 Families After Flawed Fraud Checks

Cold Weather Payments Land for 1.47 Million Households, DWP Says

Timms Review Issues First Update, Finalising 12-Member Steering Group on PIP

Christmas Bonus Stays at £10 as Qualifying Week Starts Monday

UK Fraud Bill Expands DWP Powers for Bank Checks and Direct Debt Recovery

Bolsa Família November Payments Run Nov. 14–28 by NIS Number

HMRC Reviews 23,500 Child Benefit Suspensions After Flawed Travel-Data Pilot

Italy’s 2026 Budget Targets ISEE for Five Benefits as Family Support Grows

Germany’s Housing Benefit: What Homeowners Can Claim and How the Burden Allowance Is Calculated

UK Taskforce Poised to Urge Lifting Two-Child Benefit Limit Before Budget

Applications Open for Italy’s 2025 ‘Bonus Psicologo’

DWP Confirms April 2026 PIP Uplift, With Top Award Provisionally £778 Every Four Weeks

HMRC to Expand Child Benefit Fraud Team to More Than 200 Investigators Next Month

Telangana Records Second Month of Deflation as Opposition Demands Fiscal Reforms

DWP Issues Cohort Letters for State Pension Age Rise as New Commission Begins Work

Labour Faces Backlash Over Winter Fuel Payment Cuts for Pensioners

San Francisco Man Sentenced for $340K Section 8 Fraud