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social welfare



NOUN
welfare work
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Heating payments to social welfare recipients will be extended for four weeks, and there will be enhancements to a rebate programme for hauliers.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

"A lot of people live outside the job market, many receive social welfare assistance or disability pensions. So we need jobs and opportunities," she said.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

One of the grievances cited was that of Astor, the professor of social welfare, who describes himself as both a Zionist and a “pro-peace researcher.”

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

Her Morena party, with strong backing from poor and working-class Mexicans who have benefited from minimum-wage increases and social welfare programs, retains firm control of Congress, the courts and most statehouses across Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Helmuth graduates, and May finds him working at the Bieberhaus, the social welfare department at the City Hall.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti