BOSTON — The Senate on Wednesday moved to repeal a decades-old welfare reform rule that allows the state to reduce and end public benefits for families whose children have excessive unexcused school ...

TAXPAYERS are spending 25 times more on welfare for young people than on getting them into work, a former Labour minister has revealed. Youth inactivity czar Alan Milburn insisted it was ...

In a House divided, Republicans and Democrats have found surprising common ground: Reforming the nation’s sprawling child welfare system. The Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families ...

Keir Starmer says he is fighting to stay. The problem is that is all he is doing. Last week’s King’s Speech was written to ...

Neither presidential candidate said much about poverty during the recent election, but the issue remains pressing. Liberals favor a guaranteed income for poor families, but that evades the central ...

Keir Starmer has decided not to include a new welfare reform bill in the government's upcoming King's Speech China’s Xi warns ...

GEORGE W. BUSH is astoundingly popular with the American people. His approval ratings have hovered around the mid-60s or above for nearly two years–a phenomenon whose staying power cannot be explained ...

Reform of the welfare system "must happen", the Work and Pensions Secretary, Pat McFadden, has told the BBC. Speaking two weeks after taking over the welfare brief, he vowed to press ahead with ...

The rise in abortion and the collapse of marriage are intrinsically linked. Some 86 percent of abortions occur to non-married women. Some 35 percent of pregnancies among non-married women are ended by ...

With the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, the United States embarked on a major policy change to its social welfare and safety net ...