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!['State house for life' axed in review plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'State house for life' axed in review plan
State house tenants would face eviction if a review decided they no longer needed public housing, under a proposed Govt plan.
![The end of stay-at-homes?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
The end of stay-at-homes?
It seems hard to escape the conclusion that the UK government has opted, in effect, to end any fiscal advantage to staying at home with young kids.
![Switch people to dole, says Treasury](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Switch people to dole, says Treasury
About 80,000 people now on sickness and invalid benefits could be shifted on to the unemployment benefit under radical welfare reforms.
![Tongans raise $600k for quake appeal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Tongans raise $600k for quake appeal
Two radio-thons held in Tonga over the past week have raised almost $600,000 for the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Fund.
![<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Lose the fat, pump up the motivation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Lose the fat, pump up the motivation
Never mind the cheaper carrots, try a few workouts instead.
![<i>Bernard Hickey - </i> The free market god doesn't exist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
<i>Bernard Hickey - </i> The free market god doesn't exist
I feel like a priest who has been wrestling with his belief in god...
![Off to work...but there's a job at home too](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Off to work...but there's a job at home too
Manurewa mother Lisa Bowden wants to work but she faces the classic solo parent's problem - who will look after the children?
![Thousands picked as work guinea pigs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Thousands picked as work guinea pigs
Work and Income officials have selected just over a tenth of the country's 43,000 sole-parent beneficiaries with no children under 6 to be the guinea pigs for a work-testing scheme starting today.
![<i>Gill South</i>: Doing it rough for the night](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
<i>Gill South</i>: Doing it rough for the night
Fundraiser to aid the homeless gives executives the chance to do good, and be better role models.
![Canterbury quake: Residents kicked out of damaged flats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Canterbury quake: Residents kicked out of damaged flats
Twenty-three people have reportedly been evicted from quake-damaged council flats without warning.
![Midnight subsidy for quake-hit businesses](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Midnight subsidy for quake-hit businesses
The first round of quake-affected businesses signed up to the Government's wage assistance package will see money in the bank tomorrow.
![Dita De Boni: Navigating work as a solo parent](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Dita De Boni: Navigating work as a solo parent
Dita De Boni on how the welfare reforms might impact solo parents.
![Some earthquake-hit workers to get subsidy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Some earthquake-hit workers to get subsidy
The Government has stepped in with an emergency wage subsidy for quake-stricken workers who aren't being paid.
![Changes to child support system](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Changes to child support system
The Govt will introduce mandatory automatic payments as it seeks to crack down on what is now $2b in overdue child support.