Benefit caps, legal restrictions and claiming requirements for Social Security would change under the Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment, or SWIFT, Act, announced Wednesday by Sen. Kirsten ...

Survivor benefits are currently paid to around 5.8 million Americans nationwide, with nearly 4 million of those being ...

The most straightforward way to check eligibility for any benefit, discount, or reduction is to use an online benefits ...

A new Social Security proposal would increase survivor benefits and raise support for disabled widows and widowers.

Across Great Britain, around 13 million people have now reached the age at which they can receive a State Pension. The ...

For millions of widowed Americans trying to stretch Social Security survivor benefits in an era of rising costs, help may ...

A proposal in the Senate seeks to expand benefits for widows, divorced people, and caregivers of minors, in what would be the ...

A woman, distressed over the alleged non-receipt of government benefits following her husband’s death, poured petrol on ...

Ask any Social Security expert and they will tell you that the one thing recipients need to be aware of is their spousal and ...

Survivor benefits include the young children of deceased workers. Approximately 1.3 million minor children receive survivor ...

The DWP pays a £10 Christmas Bonus each year to eligible benefit claimants during the first full week of December.

Your eligibility for the bonus payment depends on the benefits you claim and your circumstances during the 'qualifying week'.