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Pandemic’s £20 benefit uplift led to sharp fall in households living in poverty but replacement is far less effective

KEIR Starmer said he wanted to get rid of the two-child benefit cap three years ago.

Labour leader’s comments come as he sets out party’s plans to improve education and opportunity

In India’s most progressive state, food for hospital patients and visitors feeds the hungry and helps create an ‘ethos of equality’

The Congress-led Karnataka government has been facing challenges in fulfilling its promise of providing five kg of rice to Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya card holders. The Centre’s discontinuation of the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS), which provided surplus grains, has put Karnataka in a difficult position. This move…

Former J&K Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on July 5 accused the Lieutenant Governor’s administration of “playing a dangerous game”.

Labour leader will argue against snobbery of ‘vocational’ and ‘academic’ education, saying young people need both

After the U.S. Supreme Court ended President Joe Biden’s debt cancellation program, advocates for lowering student loan debt say the federal SAVE plan, an updated loan repayment program, could save Texans and other borrowers a lot of money in interest.