New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): India's social protection coverage increased from 24.4% in 2021 to 48.8% in 2024, according to the ILO's World Social Protection Report (WSPR) 2024-26.

PIP benefit will not be means tested, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall announces Taking to the stand, the minister said the welfare system is “failing the very people it is supposed to ...

The visit of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon, to India in March 2025 marked his first trip to the country as head of government. Accompanied by one of the largest delegations ...

Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves face a crisis of support among Labour members according to new research which lays bare the scale of unhappiness with the Government. The Prime ...

MG Motor India is set to ace up its line-up with the premium MG Select dealerships coming in place. The carmaker took the veils of a few new vehicles at Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025.

Ministers are drafting plans to prevent foreign donors from giving unlimited funds to UK political parties, reports have suggested. It comes after Tesla billionare Elon Musk met with Reform leader ...

THE PROMISE of Aadhaar, India’s biometrics-based national-identity system, was a glorious one. It was designed to provide a legal identity to those who possessed no papers and to eliminate the ...

Has Labour bungled welfare reform? This was a masterclass in bad comms. By Ben Walker Thursday 1 May may be a bruising first test for the government. Ahead of these local elections, Labour sits ...

As many as 40 of Keir Starmer’s MPs are threatening to rebel against benefit cuts. By George Eaton In 2015, when Labour’s acting leader Harriet Harman announced that the party would not vote against ...

In rural India, guarantees of equal representation on village councils are easily thwarted. But some women are pushing back against “boss husbands.” By Alex Travelli and Suhasini Raj Reporting ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s move to cut disability benefits sets the scene for a showdown with the left of his governing Labour party as he seeks to prioritize fiscal prudence over social ...

Going to the bathroom could cost you your job. This is the reality for lakhs of Indian women gig workers who are constantly surveilled, controlled, and harassed—both on the job and at home—justified ...