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Kansas lawmakers 'put lipstick on a pig,' governor says of new welfare law

Salina Journal 02 Apr 2025
It codified welfare reforms made by the Brownback administration intended to move families off public assistance and into the workforce ... Why lawmakers reorganized welfare reform law ... reform committee.
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I asked ChatGPT for the best FTSE 100 stock to buy in April. It picked ...

The Motley Fool 02 Apr 2025
One potential challenge it cited was “pension reform“. Following a spring statement concentrated on welfare cuts, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) believes there’s a good chance ...
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Labour welfare reforms mean 400,000 more will be unfit for any work

The Times/The Sunday Times 01 Apr 2025
Labour’s welfare reforms will result in 400,000 more people signed off unfit for any work, the government’s own figures show ... UK. Politics. Related articles ... VIDEO. Checks on sick benefit claimants to increase under Labour reforms ... .
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Roads for traffic not namaz: Yogi Adityanath

The Siasat Daily 01 Apr 2025
He said Waqf boards have become a den of selfish interests as well as “loot khasot” (property grabbing), and have done little for the welfare of Muslims ... This reform is the need of the hour, and all reforms draw opposition.
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CM Yogi Adityanth's message to Muslims: ‘Roads not meant for namaz; learn from Maha Kumbh’

Hindustan Times 01 Apr 2025
He said Muslims constitute 20 per cent of Uttar Pradesh's population, but their share is 35-40 per cent among the beneficiaries of government welfare schemes ... This reform is the need of the hour, and all reforms draw opposition.
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Labour's welfare overhaul aimed at getting more long-term sick back into work will see an ...

The Daily Mail 01 Apr 2025
... work under controversial welfare overhaul ... ‘It takes a particular level of incompetence to bring forward a welfare reform plan which leaves more people on out-of-work benefits and fewer people in work.
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Britain’s budget watchdog has ruffled feathers in Westminster

Economist 01 Apr 2025
... welfare secretary, promised Parliament that her cobbled-together reforms would save £5bn a year.
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Almost 400,000 more judged unfit to work after Labour axes Tory reforms

The Daily Telegraph 01 Apr 2025
Nearly 400,000 more people will be judged unfit to work after Liz Kendall scrapped Tory reforms in her overhaul of Britain’s welfare system ... It comes in spite of Rachel Reeves announcing the biggest cuts to welfare since 2014.
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Don’t blame the OBR for Britain’s economic woes

New Statesman 01 Apr 2025
The OBR, for example, estimated that the planned welfare reforms would save less than hoped, forcing the Chancellor to announce some last-minute savings to fill the gap.
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EDITORIAL: Interrogation practices in Osaka under scrutiny again

Asahi News 01 Apr 2025
Sixteen years ago, the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office’s special investigation unit wrongfully arrested Atsuko Muraki, then a bureau chief at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and even engaged in evidence tampering.
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Sickness benefits claims surge at fastest rate in the West

The Daily Telegraph 31 Mar 2025
Britain has seen the fastest rise in people claiming health and disability benefits in the rich world, as official projections show Labour’s welfare reforms will not be enough to reverse a post-lockdown surge.
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Govt suspends assistant commissioner of Kundapur

The Times of India 31 Mar 2025
The disciplinary action was also prompted by action opposing governmental directives and involvement in activities that compromised public welfare.Govt under secretary, department of personnel and ...
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Digital technology can help workers with dementia

BBC News 31 Mar 2025
The study, Working lives with dementia ... The study was published as the UK Government announced its welfare reform plans, which aim to encourage more disabled people into work ... .
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Independents and minor parties may decide who runs Australia. Who and what will win their support?

The Observer 31 Mar 2025
... sectors, addressing climate change, the need for a more independent foreign and security policy, animal welfare, gambling reform and a legal and more humane response to asylum seekers,” he says.
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