The Latest Breaking News from Social Security

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled that Democrats will seek to extend the federal debt ceiling during the lame-duck session of Congress, avoiding a potential fight with Republicans that she said could threaten the United States' credit rating.

Control of the U.S. Senate still had not been determined as of Friday evening, three days after the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Heading into the election, Republicans needed to pick up only one seat to take the majority in the 100-seat chamber, which would allow them to block much of…

You need 80% of your pre-retirement income per year in retirement to continue living a similar lifestyle.

If you do not report the change to DWP, HMRC or local council, other payments may automatically stop.

COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — On a recent rainy afternoon in this small town just outside Glacier National Park, Lisa Beaty and Kim Hilton were preparing to sell most of their belongings before moving out of their three-bedroom, two-bathroom rental home.

When Josephine Cabrera Taveras was infected with COVID-19 in spring 2020, she didn’t anticipate that the virus would knock her out of work for two years and put her family at risk for eviction.

In Montana and across the nation, homeless shelters report the worrisome trend that seniors are a growing proportion of their residents.

People caring for more than one person will receive an extra £520 payment each year under new proposals.

Social Security is conservatively financed and managed. It has no borrowing authority and cannot deficit-spend. To ensure that all benefits can be paid in full and on time, Social Security’s Board of Trustees reports to Congress annually, projecting the program's income and outgo over three-quarters of a century. That is…

I oppose the proposed elimination in 2023 of the $160,200 cap on earnings subject to the payroll tax rate of 12.4 percent paid to Social Security.

Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure to commit to raising all benefits - including the state pension - in line with inflation.