Anela Anwar, chief executive at anti-poverty charity Z2K, writes about her concerns for disabled people ahead of benefits cuts.

Expanding the state's child tax credit would give low and moderate income families more disposable income and reduce poverty rates.

Frontline workers say this is the worst level of child poverty they have seen, as more than half of families struggle to ...

As welfare accounts for almost a third of public spending in 2024-5, it is inevitably a target when savings are needed. Put ...

STANDING on the precipice of the 2025 midterm elections, it is vital that we reflect on the pressing issues that shape our ...

There is nowhere in the world where the government alone offers social service to the people. Any individual or organisation ...

Despite progress in reducing the prevalence of this phenomenon, a recent UN report places Bangladesh as a topper in child marriage in Asia and 8th globally ...

Social Security has taken center stage after President Donald J. Trump told the nation it’s a system that has “shocking ...

“We envision a St. Thomas that has successfully balanced growth with community well-being, a city where prosperity is shared ...

With 28 million South Africans dependent on social grants and unemployment at 31. 9%, experts and civic organisations warn that the R284. 7 billion welfare system is unsustainable without urgent ...

On a sunny Thursday afternoon in March, a dozen or so students in a classroom at Kenneth D. Bailey Academy (KDBA) in Danville ...

The Trump administration’s sudden freeze of funding for USAID is an immediate disaster, but the economic model for ...