MPs vote for welfare cap
Published:Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:08:10 -0800
British lawmakers voted Wednesday to impose a cap on welfare benefits, setting them at the same level as the average household income....
Welfare reform: Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey blasts clerics who oppose benefits cap
Published:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:26:26 -0800
In an article for the Daily Mail, Lord Carey insists the sheer scale of Britain’s public debt – which yesterday hit £1trillion – is the 'greatest moral scandal' facing the country and warns the welfare system is rewarding 'fecklessness and irresponsibility'....
Council wants to review welfare system
Published:Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:07:18 -0800
A proposal to re-examine the province’s welfare system raised both eyebrows and concerns at Belleville city council.[...]...
New welfare defeat for ministers
Published:Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:26:58 -0800
The government suffers a seventh defeat in the House of Lords over proposed changes to the benefits system....
Benefit cap has ‘couple penalty’
Published:Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:59:06 -0800
The Government's benefit cap may create a "couple penalty" in the welfare system, encouraging spouses and partners to live apart, a leading economic think-tank has warned....
Councillor: ‘Foreigners will collapse social welfare system’
Published:Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:09:34 -0800
An outspoken Monaghan county councillor has blasted foreign nationals who claim social welfare benefits, saying they will make the system collapse....
Baddour calls for audit of welfare system
Published:Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:32:17 -0800
State Sen. Steven Baddour is calling for a formal audit of the state's welfare system to route out potential fraud and abuse. Baddour, who is developing a welfare reform bill that would require drug tests for welfare applicants, asked state Auditor Suzanne Bump to look into the welfare system, which he pointed out provides benefits to more recipients than New Jersey and Virginia, despite a ......
Welfare changes bring 'bedroom tax'
Published:Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:53:02 -0800
Controversial changes to the welfare system amount to a "bedroom tax", a Scottish Government minister has said. Keith Brown criticised plans to alter rules on under-occupancy, which he said will remove £54.4 million a year from the Scottish economy....
Report ups ante for child welfare reform in Neb.
Published:Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:04:12 -0800
OMAHA (AP) - A children's advocacy group hopes Nebraska lawmakers will take a broad look at the health of the state's children and not focus just on whether privatization of the state's troubled child welfare system should continue....
U.S. Welfare System...Downside of Welfare...Stimulus Bill Adds New Welfare Spending...NI MPs express benefits concern...
Published:Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:01:58 -0800
MPs from Northern Ireland have expressed concerns over changes to the welfare system.......
MPs vote for welfare cap...
Published:Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:08:10 -0800
British lawmakers voted Wednesday to impose a cap on welfare benefits, setting them at the same level as the average household income.......
Welfare reform: Ex-Archbishop of Canter...
Published:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:26:26 -0800
In an article for the Daily Mail, Lord Carey insists the sheer scale of Britain’s public debt – which yesterday hit £1trillion – is the 'greatest moral scandal' fac......
Council wants to review welfare system...
Published:Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:07:18 -0800
A proposal to re-examine the province’s welfare system raised both eyebrows and concerns at Belleville city council.[...]......
New welfare defeat for ministers...
Published:Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:26:58 -0800
The government suffers a seventh defeat in the House of Lords over proposed changes to the benefits system.......
Benefit cap has ‘couple penalty’...
Published:Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:59:06 -0800
The Government's benefit cap may create a "couple penalty" in the welfare system, encouraging spouses and partners to live apart, a leading economic think-tank has w......
