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Former sex workers granted benefits

Two former sex workers who have been without an income since a six-month job scheme ended on May 21 were granted unemployment benefits yesterday.

Cuts cast cloud over Shore showcase

Transgender group left with few options

Unified approach best way to support families, says expert

Increase in dole numbers lower than expected

Increase in NZers on benefit

<i>John Armstrong</i>: Any ugly welfare debate would be welcome distraction for Bennett

Girls of 12 working in 'young red light area', say police

Police are worried by a rise in underage prostitution in downtown Auckland, where girls as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex.

Bradford blasts insurance welfare

<i>Audrey Young</i>: Bennett has them gasping

<i>Bernard Hickey: </i> Cut the middle class welfare

It's time to kill the middle class welfare boondoggles.

Minister under fire again on privacy

A request for cash to resolve a privacy complaint against Paula Bennett suggests the politician could have been at fault, a lawyer says.

Winz sting exposes beneficiary scam

Police have been called in after a Govt "sting" of secondhand appliance dealers found some allegedly conniving with beneficiaries to deceive Work and Income.

Welfare reforms put kids at risk says lobby groups

Doing the right thing is tough ask

$15,000 demand outrages Bennett

Paula Bennett has attacked the integrity of a solo mother who is asking for $15,000 to settle a privacy complaint against the minister.

Doctors urged to refuse medical certificates for time off work

Report links long-term sick leave to depression

People off work due to injury are likely to suffer high rates of depression and suicide, new research suggests.