The Latest Breaking News from Department

Some Housing Benefit claimants may be due Special Payment from DWP following reassessment exercise

Some 118,000 arrears payments worth over £600 million have been made to ESA and Incapacity Benefit claimants.

Daily Record · Oct 12, 2022

Fermanagh pot-hole machine request response from department sparks anger from councillors

"It’s a big issue for quite a number of people. It’s totally unfair on every single level.”

Belfast Live · Oct 11, 2022

Small business group files suit over Biden student loan plan

A small business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration’s efforts to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

Stephen Donnelly announces appointment of Professor Breda Smyth as Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health

The appointment follows an open competition that took place through the Top-Level Appointment Commission (TLAC) process

Irish Mirror · Oct 5, 2022

Gortgonis: New Coalisland sports facilities facing 'major trouble' amid funding row

The Gortgonis Health and Wellbeing Hub project’s future is now in serious doubt, according to some local representatives

Belfast Live · Oct 5, 2022

Interior Dept. to require body cams for law enforcement

The U.S. Interior Department has launched a set of new policies that would require thousands of law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, ensures the release of footage in some critical incidents and restricts the use of so-called no-knock warrants

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

Basking sharks now 'protected' in Irish waters

It is now illegal to hunt, injure or interfere with the threatened species after the decision from Ministers Malcolm Noonan and Charlie McConalogue

Irish Mirror · Oct 3, 2022

State govt. to close 22 Moulana Azad Model Schools in Karnataka due to poor maintenance and lack of infrastructure

Bengaluru

The Hindu · Oct 2, 2022

How Do You Challenge A Student Loan Forgiveness Rule That Does Not Exist?

The Biden Administration keeps moving the goal posts to block legal challenges.

Reason · Sep 30, 2022

‘I can never feel settled’: wait time for key Australian work visa more than doubles

Migrants waiting for the 887 skilled regional visa are set to protest across the country, angry at the worsening delays

The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2022