6 h. ago Elon Musk’s ‘efficiency’ team is quietly building a vast immigration tracking database

In the last few months DOGE has pursued immigration-related data across the Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, Rhian Lubin reports

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15 h. ago Scottish Government urges DWP to abandon proposed welfare reforms due to start next year

The Scottish Government has written to Work and Pensions Liz Kendall calling for ‘damaging social security welfare reforms’ to be scrapped immediately.

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16 h. ago DWP confirms early State Pension and benefit payments due to bank holiday next week

Full list of DWP, HMRC and Social Security Scotland payments changes due to bank holidays in May.

Economics

59 h. ago Republican unity to be tested in talks over Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Party eyes dramatic spending cuts to turn president’s promises into reality – but not all lawmakers are on boardDonald Trump has made a simple request of Congress’s Republican leaders: deliver “one big, beautiful bill” that will turn his campaign promises into reality. By all indications, there will be little beautiful about the negotiations to come when Congress returns to session on Monday.The bill envisioned by the president will extend tax cuts enacted during his first term, fund more border defenses and mass deportations of undocumented immigrants and potentially include the president’s vow to end the taxation of tips, overtime and social security payments. To pay for it, the GOP is eyeing dramatic reductions in government spending, and has targeted social safety net programs relied on by tens of millions of Americans. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago DWP confirms PIP changes won't apply to group of 700,000 people

Minister for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms, has confirmed that people of state pension age won't be impacted by the changes to PIP

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4 d. ago Project team gains important funding boost for historic Girvan bandstand transformation

The team has revealed on social media that more funding has been secured.

Economics

4 d. ago How Social Security claimants are being ‘resurrected’ after DOGE falsely declares them dead

‘We have people who did not receive benefits come in every day with their ID and say, “I’m not dead, I’m alive!,”’ an SSA analyst recalls

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5 d. ago Trump and DOGE’s cuts to Social Security Administration spark fears that benefit payments will be ‘interrupted’ soon

Former Biden official Martin O’Malley sounds alarm that impact of Trump’s DOGE chaos and cuts coming in near future

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5 d. ago Major update issued as DWP benefit paying up to £441 a month scrapped for good

Under the management of Social Security Scotland, the name of the benefit Attendance Allowance will change to Pension Age Disability Payment, and it will be the 15th benefit administered by the Scottish benefits department overall

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1 week ago American Idol star Doug Kiker cause of death revealed as family 'completely unprepared'

American Idol star Doug Kilner was 32 years old when he died. His family announced the news in March and said they were 'completely unprepared'

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1 week ago Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data

A federal judge has imposed new restrictions on the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans

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1 week ago Hertz warns customer info has been leaked after security breach

Some customers may have had their Social Security numbers stolen, says the hire car company

Events

1 week ago Biden condemned Trump’s Social Security cuts. What are the president’s plans for the program?

People are concerned ‘that Social Security benefits may be delayed or interrupted’ for the ‘first time in history,’ former president says

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1 week ago Joe Biden slams Donald Trump in first speech since leaving office

‘In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction,’ the former president told crowds gathered in Chicago

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1 week ago Trump officials blocking court testimony from Social Security head over program’s ‘death list’

The request for Dudek to appear came after reports claimed that thousands were being added to the agency’s ‘death master file’ as part of a push for immigrants to ‘self-deport’

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1 week ago Joe Biden accuses Trump and Musk of taking ‘hatchet’ to social security

In first speech since leaving office, ex-president spoke of ‘destruction’ current administration has wroughtJoe Biden on Tuesday accused Donald Trump and his billionaire lieutenant, Elon Musk, of taking a “hatchet” to the social security administration as part of their warp-speed effort to tear down the federal government.In his first public remarks since leaving office, the former president avoided any mention of Trump – his predecessor and successor – by name but assailed the administration for threatening social security, which he called a “sacred promise” that more than 70 million Americans rely on each month. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Biden skewers Trump and Republicans over Social Security in first speech since leaving office

Former president who was forced off the campaign trail by his own party emerges for the first time since handing the White House off to Donald Trump

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1 week ago Joe Biden skewers Donald Trump with scathing takedown about 'hatchet job'

Joe Biden has elevated concerns Donald Trump’s agenda is threatening the health of Social Security - and it is the first time he has explicitly attacked the President

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1 week ago Biden takes aim at Trump and Musk in first speech of his post

Former President Joe Biden took aim at President Donald Trump and Elon Musk during the first speech of his post-presidency.

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2 w. ago New benefit to replace DLA for over 66,000 people before end of this year

Social Security Scotland will write to claimants to let them know when it is time for them to transfer from the DWP system.

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