http://www.mail.com/subjects/12062-welfare-benefits.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12062-welfare-benefits.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040930-officials-suspect-described-plot-miranda.html BOSTON (AP) — The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings acknowledged to the FBI his role in the attacks but did so before he was advised of his constitutional right to keep quiet and seek a lawyer, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Once Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was read his rights on Monday, he immediately stopped talking, according to four officials of... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:51:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040930-officials-suspect-described-plot-miranda.html 2013-04-25T07:51:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995286-uk-couple-face-jail-killing-6-children-fire.html LONDON (AP) — Mick Philpott presented himself as an amiable rascal with an unorthodox lifestyle and a rambunctious brood of children — 17 in all, with five women. Yet the Englishman's ramshackle existence took a horrifying turn when he and his wife set a fire that killed six of their children. Prosecutors said it was an attempt to influence a custody batt... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:26:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995286-uk-couple-face-jail-killing-6-children-fire.html 2013-04-03T15:26:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1993926-uk-minister-asked-to-good-welfare-pledge.html LONDON (AP) — A British government minister is being asked to put his money where his mouth is. Opponents of a raft of welfare changes that took effect this week want Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith to make good on a claim that he could live on 53 pounds ($80) a week — the amount one welfare recipient said he has left after paying for housin... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:06:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1993926-uk-minister-asked-to-good-welfare-pledge.html 2013-04-02T21:06:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1989240-churches-slam-british-governments-welfare-reforms.html LONDON (AP) — Government welfare reforms that include a contentious cut dubbed the "bedroom tax" will cause upheaval for some of Britain's most vulnerable people, religious leaders and anti-poverty activists claim. The measure, which takes effect Monday, will reduce rent subsidies to social housing tenants if they have a spare bedroom. The government — wh... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:08:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1989240-churches-slam-british-governments-welfare-reforms.html 2013-03-31T12:08:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1981958-uk-to-start-food-stamps-cash-to-poor.html LONDON (AP) — Local governments in Britain say they will be issuing "food stamps" — vouchers for food and other essentials — to the poor to replace cash loans as part of the country's welfare reforms. Many Britons with low incomes who qualify for emergency help will no longer be able to obtain cash from authorities, who will instead dish out payment cards... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:36:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1981958-uk-to-start-food-stamps-cash-to-poor.html 2013-03-27T12:36:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1968876-australian-pm-apologizes-forced-adoptions.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament to the thousands of unwed mothers who were forced by government policies to give up their babies for adoption over several decades. More than 800 people affected by the policy cried and cheered as they listened to the apology in the Great... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:20:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1968876-australian-pm-apologizes-forced-adoptions.html 2013-03-22T01:20:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1950642-house-passes-bill-forbidding-welfare-waivers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Renewing a political fight from last year's presidential campaign, House Republicans passed a bill Wednesday that would prevent the Obama administration from waiving work requirements in the landmark 1996 welfare reform law. Republicans say President Barack Obama is trying to weaken work requirements in the law — a claim that is disputed... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:46:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1950642-house-passes-bill-forbidding-welfare-waivers.html 2013-03-13T21:46:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1805916-unemployment-risks-creating-divide-europe.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Record unemployment and fraying social welfare systems in southern Europe risk creating a new divide in the continent, the EU warned Tuesday, when figures showed joblessness across the 17 EU countries that use the euro hit a new high. Eurozone unemployment rose to 11.8 percent in November, the highest since the euro currency was founded in... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1805916-unemployment-risks-creating-divide-europe.html 2013-01-08T14:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1794886-india-paying-welfare-directly-aiming-to-fraud.html NEW DELHI (AP) — India will pay billions of dollars in social welfare money directly to its poor under a new program that aims to cut out the middlemen blamed for the massive fraud that plagues the system. Previously officials only handed out cash to the poor after taking a cut — if they didn't keep all of it for themselves — and were known to enroll fake... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1794886-india-paying-welfare-directly-aiming-to-fraud.html 2013-01-01T23:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1774528-standard-poors-hikes-greek-rating-6-notches.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Standard & Poor's ratings agency on Tuesday upgraded Greece's credit grade by 6 notches, yanking the debt-heavy country out of default but still keeping its devalued bonds in junk status. The agency said the upgrade to B- — the highest grade it has given Greece since June 2011 — reflected its view that the other 16 European Union cou... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1774528-standard-poors-hikes-greek-rating-6-notches.html 2012-12-18T20:27:00Z