This agenda would represent a new chapter for the U.S. welfare state, building beyond the New Deal programs introduced in the 1930s and the Great Society programs enacted in the 1960s. These earlier ...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled a major shake-up of the country’s welfare system, arguing that it could save the country 5 billion pounds ($6.48bn) a year by 2030 ...

Labour was the party that created the welfare state. Now it is intent on cutting it back. And in Liz Kendall, the government has found a Labour work and pensions secretary clearly entirely ...

(AP Photo/Thomas Krych, file) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Labour Party government on Tuesday announced an overhaul of the welfare ...

As many as 40 of Keir Starmer’s MPs are threatening to rebel against benefit cuts. By George Eaton In 2015, when Labour’s acting leader Harriet Harman announced that the party would not vote against ...

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has accused the government of "stirring up fear and anxiety" by failing to provide enough detail about its welfare changes. On Tuesday, the government ...

The UK government has announced plans to slash £5bn from the country’s welfare bill by 2030 as part of radical reforms designed to help more people with disabilities or long term sickness back into ...

Such cuts are a small taste of what is likely to come. Britain’s welfare state was created at a time of falling defence spending and rapid growth. Today, we are not so lucky. The peace dividend ...

A sweeping overhaul of the welfare system will see the assessment process for some health benefits scrapped and reform to disability benefits in a plan expected to save billions by the end of the ...

Labour’s welfare reforms, announced on Tuesday, are already sparking debate — hailed by some as essential to fixing a "broken system" but feared by others as a threat to vulnerable people.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. LABOUR have announced a £5 billion package of welfare cuts, with a huge number of people now set to be denied the Personal Independence Payment ...

Billions in rumoured welfare cuts are set to be announced by work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall today as ministers reportedly look to shave £6 billion from Britain’s benefits bill.