3 h. ago Social Security Scotland issues new warning to people due one

Thousands of people in Scotland are due financial help with heating bills this winter.

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15 h. ago Here is how much Social Security payments are expected to jump in 2026

The Senior Citizens’ League predicts the cost-of-living adjustment will rise 2.7 percent.

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17 h. ago Social Security has existed for 90 years. Why it may be more threatened than ever

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18 h. ago Trump rails about ‘rampant’ crime and social security fraud without evidence – live updates

Trump also claims his domestic policy bill, which he signed into law last month, enshrines ‘no tax’ on social security for America’s seniorsMelania Trump has demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and has threatened to sue if he does not.Biden, the son of the former president Joe Biden, alleged in an interview this month that Epstein introduced the first lady to Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago The Department of Homeland Security is starting to annoy both brands and artists with its wild social media behavior

DHS attracting complaints from creatives for using their work online but insists it is ‘bypassing the mainstream media to give Americans the facts’

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49 h. ago Villagers near JD Vance's Cotswold's mansion claim they were 'quizzed by police for social media details' as VP's security lockdown sparks outrage among locals

Thames Valley Police says locals living in the security buffer were only spoken to ensure they could pass through the blockade unhindered. It denies people were asked for their social media details.

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68 h. ago US court says Trump’s Doge team can access social security numbers and other sensitive data

Court refuses to block ‘department of government efficiency’ from accessing data such as citizenship statusUS politics live – latest updatesA US appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of unions to block the Trump administration government downsizing team known as the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing sensitive data on Americans.The Virginia-based fourth US circuit court of appeals in a 2-1 decision said the unions were unlikely to prevail on claims that Doge would violate federal privacy laws by accessing data at the US Department of Education, treasury department, and office of personnel management. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago JD Vance visits posh Cotswolds farm shop Daylesford Organic as his huge security convoy annoys locals after sending countryside into lockdown

Photos shared on social media now show JD Vance's security convoy making a stop at the Daylesford Organic farm shop, near Chipping Norton.

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6 d. ago Voices: Why Starmer will be back for another stab at welfare cuts

Despite the humiliating U-turn on cuts to disability benefits, the prime minister has not given up on reducing ballooning social security spending. Ministers believe they have now found a way to proceed – and how to quash any rebellion, says Andrew Grice

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7 d. ago ‘Troubling’ courts service IT bug ‘extremely serious’ – former lord chancellor

The Social Security and Child Support Tribunal, which handles benefit appeals, is thought to have been most affected, according to the BBC.

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8 d. ago How Boavista became the latest club to sink into crisis under Gérard López

The businessman is continuing his involvement in football despite a trail of misery, including at Mouscron and BordeauxBoavista fans would have thought things could not possibly get worse. In early July, a month away from celebrating their 123rd anniversary, the former champions of Portugal, faced with liquidation, announced that the “special revitalisation plan” they had put together last November had been rejected by the Portuguese football federation: they had failed to provide the necessary tax and social security certificates and guarantees in time.Riddled with debt (they owed €7m (£6.1m) to the construction company entrusted with the development of their stadium), they were so short of money that electricity had been cut off at their Estádio de Bessa in April after they failed to pay their bill. Players waited months to receive their salary. One of them, the US defender Reggie Cannon, whose pay was late in 28 of the 29 months he spent at Boavista, terminated his contract in th...

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8 d. ago Calls to Social Security may be rerouted to other field offices that have no jurisdiction over person’s case

Crucial agency has faced high demand and staff losses throughout Trump administration

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3 w. ago Top tips to help people making a new claim for devolved disability benefits

New checklist from Social Security Scotland to help people making a new claim for Adult, Child or Pension Age Disability Payments.

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4 w. ago Governments have the right to expect MPs to support their decisions

Editorial: If anything, given the sheer size of the rebellion on social security – 130 of his own MPs threatening to defeat a government bill – Keir Starmer has been too lenient

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4 w. ago Ice given access to Medicaid data in move critics call a privacy betrayal

Officials let Ice access health data to locate migrants, alarming experts who warn of civil rights and health risksMedicaid officials have reportedly made an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to allow agents to examine a database of Americans’ personal information – including home addresses, social security numbers and ethnicities.The data sharing agreement will allow Ice to find “the location of aliens”, according to an agreement obtained by the Associated Press. Medicaid is the nation’s single largest health insurer, providing coverage for 79 million low-income, disabled and elderly people. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Cuban minister resigns after saying beggars in the country were all fakes

Minister of Labor and Social Security Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera resigned after her comments on Monday

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