The Latest Breaking News from Social Security

Delaying the start of Social Security retirement benefits can dramatically increase your monthly benefit and your lifetime income

Successful claimants will receive between £24.45 and £156.90 each week in financial support.

A full rollout of the new devolved benefit is expected to begin in Spring 2024.

This surcharge—known as IRMAA—can be hefty.

Congress ended the temporary benefit meant to help low-income households with pandemic-era hardships. A huge increase in Social Security benefits may mean some households see further SNAP reductions.

Some households could be waiting until March before the Winter Heating Payment is finally delivered.

WASHINGTON — When Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meets President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss the debt limit, there are some structural advantages in favor of emerging from the fight this summer without tanking financial markets that didn’t exist in 2011, a similar moment in U.S. political history.

Kevin McCarthy reportedly promised many things to Republican hardliners en route to clinching his job as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. One of them was a “balanced budget” in 10 years.

The Scottish Government estimates Adult Disability Payment will provide support to over 510,000 people by 2025.