The Latest Breaking News from Social Security

The next payment of Carer's Allowance Supplement will be made on Friday, December 9.

A Missouri man pleaded guilty this week to stealing his dead mother’s Social Security payments for more than a quarter century, accumulating nearly US$200,000 in the process, federal prosecutors said.

A Lynnwood, Washington-based debt-collection company has been sued for compromising the names and Social Security information of more than 3.7 million individuals in a data breach in April 2021.

Nearly 44,000 children and young people with a disability or health condition were receiving the devolved benefit in September.

Minister for Social Security Ben Macpherson urged people to get in touch to receive the benefits "they are entitled to".

Democrats in the Senate rejected new limits on committee chairs while a House Democratic term limit proposal may be considered next week.

Best Start Grant Early Learning and School Age Payment to be made automatically from this week.

Since the “refugee crisis” in 2015 precipitated the rise of the far right in Europe, debates on the impact of migration on welfare states have raged across the continent. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that EU- and non-EU migrants alike still struggle to access welfare benefits in their European countries…

Some 89,000 applications were made in just 48 hours when eligibility rules changed on November 14.

ELIGIBILE families will begin to receive automatic payment of certain benefits from this week, following the expansion of the Scottish Child…

It seems like such good news — Social Security benefits are going up 8.7% next year, thanks to inflation. But for a lot of people, their tax bill could go up, too.