Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has faced criticism from other Democrats for his decision to break with the party and vote to advance a continuing resolution to fund the government last week. CBS ...

The Prime Minister and others have claimed “welfare” or “social security” spending is set to increase to £70 billion by the end of the decade—but this figure refers to one part of overall spending.

The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for ...

A package of reforms to sickness and disability benefits is set to be signed off today by Sir Keir Starmer's Government which ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall pledges to ensure fairness in the benefits system ahead of addressing Parliament at 12:30 GMT.

Minister lays out where Labour will cut billions from welfare bill - Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall set to unveil plans to slash welfare bill by £5bn in benefits overhaul ...