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The UK is cutting welfare spending to urge people to work. Critics say it will hurt the vulnerable
Britain’s Labour Party government has announced an overhaul of the welfare system it says will save the cash-strapped administration 5 billion pounds, or $6.5 billionABC News - 11h -
How the UK’s welfare cuts will change claimants’ lives
Radical changes that will cut income for 1mn people may not get many more into work, say analystsFinancial Times - 9h -
Tensions grow over UK government plan to cut welfare payments
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall prepares to slash spending on health-related benefitsFinancial Times - 1d -
Rising mental ill health behind higher welfare bill, report says
The government is identifying cuts to the welfare budget ahead of the Spring Statement, with the PM working to rally MPs to support the move.BBC News - 6d -
Starmer suffers cabinet uprising over UK spending cuts
Opposition grows to plans in areas such as welfare but prime minister insists he will not bend rules to allow more borrowingFinancial Times - 5d -
Up to 1.2m people could lose between £4,200 and £6,300 per year from changes to Pip, Resolution Foundation says -UK politics live
Work and pensions secretary says Benefits crackdown will save £5bn by 2030 but disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’. Q: Why have you changed your mind on this? . Badenoch says she has not ...The Guardian - 10h -
UK social safety net among weakest in rich world, analysis finds
Think-tank report comes as Keir Starmer seeks to convince Labour MPs to back welfare spending cutsFinancial Times - 6d -
What are the Pip and universal credit changes and who is affected?
The government says changes to the welfare system will save £5bn and get people into work.BBC News - 10h -
Illegal working in UK was unbearable, migrant says
A migrant who returned home after working in a Cannabis farm in the UK is warning other Albanians.BBC News - Mar. 11 -
Starmer to drive through welfare cuts that could affect UK’s most severely disabled
PM faces backlash over plans to tighten eligibility, potentially leaving more than 600,000 claimants £675 a month worse off. Keir Starmer is to defy growing anger by driving through welfare cuts ...The Guardian - 2d -
UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar
The United Nations food agency says that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfallsABC News - 4d -
The welfare dilemma: how to help 3.5mn people trapped on health-linked benefits?
As costs spiral, ministers search for ways to get people with medical problems into workFinancial Times - 1d -
Aid workers warn ‘people are dying and they’re going to continue dying’ as funding cuts hit
Moves by US, UK and other donors to cut aid mean ‘high malnutrition rates, starvation and death’, say experts. Cuts to food assistance by the US, Britain and others are already leading to more ...The Guardian - 4d -
Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off
Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPs. UK politics live – latest updates Liz Kendall, the welfare secretary, has faced ...The Guardian - 14h -
1mn fewer people to secure health benefits under UK welfare reform
Government measures require a Commons vote that could provoke a rebellion by Labour MPsFinancial Times - 1d -
Does cutting benefits actually work?
The government has set out plans to save billions of pounds from the welfare bill - how have previous attempts to do this fared?BBC News - 11h -
US aid cuts are hurting Africa's ability to respond to disease outbreaks, health chief says
Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's public health agency said ahead of a meeting with regional health ministers ...ABC News - 5d -
UK Aims to Cut Billions in Welfare Amid Budget Crunch
Changing disability allowances is a particularly contentious move within Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s center-left Labour Party.The New York Times - 10h -
EU plan to deport more people will lead to ‘prolonged detention’, say critics
European Commission draft includes orders for people to leave EU entirely and conditions for ‘return hubs’ outside bloc. Europe live – latest updates The European Commission has outlined ...The Guardian - Mar. 11 -
Germany can spend almost €2tn without harming growth, economists say
FT survey finds ‘large fiscal capacity’, but economists urge would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz to spend funds wiselyFinancial Times - Mar. 10 -
Car industry urges UK government to create new EV incentives
Automotive body says current policy is leading to job losses and has become a ‘driver of de-industrialisation’. Fresh incentives to boost a flatlining electric car market are urgently needed, ...The Guardian - 5d -
If Medicaid cuts include work requirements, people may lose health coverage as a result, research finds
Congress may have to implement Medicaid cuts to reach its budget targets. That could include new work requirements in order to obtain coverage.CNBC - Mar. 9 -
UK’s devolved governments can learn from each other on welfare reform
There is no reason why the four countries can’t share information to see which approach is workingFinancial Times - 1d -
Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs
Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defenceFinancial Times - Mar. 10 -
Government’s employment reforms clash with its welfare plans
Jobs market policies could threaten the part-time vacancies that ease people back into workFinancial Times - 6d -
U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Violence and Famine in Darfur
Just weeks after the U.S. government suspended its work in massive foreign aid cuts announced in January, humanitarians say much of the damage to critical programs has already been done.The New York Times - 14h -
Some PIP recipients may lose out under welfare cuts
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will set out reforms to the benefits system on Tuesday afternoon.BBC News - 1d -
Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – a former disciple unfriends Facebook
This account of working life at Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant organisation describes a ‘diabolical cult’ able to swing elections and profit at the expense of the world’s vulnerable. . Shortly after ...The Guardian - 2d -
US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say
Malcolm Rifkind joins diplomats and analysts urging focus on European cooperation to replace Trident. Britain’s ability to rely on the US to maintain the UK’s nuclear arsenal is now in doubt, ...The Guardian - Mar. 8 -
Colombia urges UN to remove coca leaf from harmful substances list
Foreign minister says legalisation of main ingredient of cocaine is only way to stop drug trafficking and violence. Colombia , whose president, Gustavo Petro, is a vocal critic of the US-led war ...The Guardian - Mar. 10 -
Top House Democrats press Senate colleagues to sink GOP spending bill
The top House Democrats are pressing their fellow party members in the Senate to kill the Republicans’ spending bill when it reaches the upper chamber, saying the proposal will hurt Americans ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Rachel Reeves insists changes to welfare needed
Labour MPs have been expressing unease about the proposed cuts to welfare, ahead of announcements next week.BBC News - 4d -
13 hurt when school bus crashes, overturns in New Jersey
A child was critically injured when a school bus with 31 people on board crashed on a New Jersey highway and overturned Monday night, officials said.NBC News - Mar. 11 -
Rayner and Cooper criticised cuts in ‘tense’ UK cabinet meeting
‘Large minority’ of ministers protested about planned spending reductions in their own departmentsFinancial Times - 4d -
What life is like for people living near the UK's longest-running roadworks
Decade-long delays to work on a bridge have led to it jokingly being ranked a town's top attraction.BBC News - Mar. 8 -
Delta, Southwest, American Airlines Cut Forecasts, an Early Alarm About Consumer Spending
The revised revenue projections suggest that flagging economic confidence has started to hurt travel, which can be an indicator for other industries.The New York Times - Mar. 11 -
Starmer’s ‘Project Chainsaw’: the NHS, Whitehall, welfare
Plus: is Reform UK imploding?Financial Times - 4d -
Trump Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Refugees’ Survival: ‘People Will Die’
At the world’s largest refugee camp, for Rohingya people in Bangladesh, the food allowance per person is set to fall to just $6 per month, far below what aid officials say is required for survival.The New York Times - 2d -
More NOAA cuts, 1,000 layoffs expected, sources say
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employees are expecting more layoffs at the agency, sources say. This comes after drastic cuts as part of President Trump's measures to shrink ...CBS News - Mar. 10 -
Department of Education cuts half its workforce
The Department of Education cut half its workforce amid President Trump’s effort to abolish the agency. Trump touted the cuts, saying they shift responsibilities away from the federal bureaucracy ...NBC News - 6d