A U.S. district judge in San Francisco had temporarily blocked large-scale federal layoffs known as "reductions in force." ...

A new child tax credit is coming, bringing changes that will alter how much assistance families receive and which families ...

"In the area of reducing benefits, Social Security has always been a system that's been kind of tilted towards the lower wage earner" said Tammy Flanagan ...

If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.