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14 Jun 22
The level of fraud or overpayments of unemployment benefits made by the US government soared by almost tenfold in 2021, according to the national spending watchdog.
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19 Nov 21
Introducing Universal Basic Income payments could be affordable, but more work is needed to establish whether the costs of transition are worth it, says Jeffrey Matsu.
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18 May 21
Covid-19 pushed France’s social security system to its biggest ever deficit in 2020 as health insurance costs shot up and revenues fell, the state spending watchdog has found.
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30 Apr 21
The rate at which wages are taxed effectively fell last year by the largest amount since the global financial crisis, according to the OECD.
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7 Apr 20
Millions of job losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic are putting governments around the world under huge financial pressure to meet unemployment payments.
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4 Jan 17
Finland has begun delivering unconditional payments to unemployed citizens to test whether providing a universal basic income can help boost employment.
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17 May 16
Poland’s plan to lower the retirement age is a “step in the wrong direction” and the government should reconsider, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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31 Mar 16
New Zealand’s first real rise in benefits in almost half a century is to come into effect tomorrow, according to social development minister Anne Tolley.
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29 Jan 16
The latest valuation of the welfare system in New Zealand has found that government reforms have contributed to a NZD12bn reduction in the future lifetime cost of the system over the last four years.