A longstanding but little-known provision in the British benefits system is now delivering higher weekly payments to qualifying households that include multiple spouses from overseas polygamous marriages.
Under updated government figures, eligible households receive an extra £166 per week for each additional spouse. The increase forms part of Britain’s annual benefits uprating linked to wage growth and inflation. Officials stress that the number of affected households remains relatively small.
由 AI 报道 AI 生成的图像
4月10日，韩国国会以214票赞成、11票反对的结果，通过了总额为26.2万亿韩元（约合177亿美元）的补充预算案，旨在应对中东冲突引发的经济影响。执政党共同民主党与在野党国民力量党达成一致，维持了政府原定的预算规模。约3580万民众将根据收入和地区的不同，获得10万至60万韩元的现金补助。
继4月份宣布相关计划后，韩国政府已于4月26日开始向基本生活保障对象及其他弱势群体发放现金援助，以抵消中东冲突引发的油价上涨影响。此次援助金额为：基本生活保障对象每人55万韩元（约372美元），单亲家庭及刚脱离福利门槛的群体每人45万韩元；首尔以外地区或人口减少地区的受助者可额外获得5万韩元。
由 AI 报道
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced the advancement of government salaries for the next two months to ease financial pressures on households during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. The decision forms part of a EGP 40.3 billion social protection package aimed at supporting citizens' living standards. The announcement came at a press conference in the New Administrative Capital on Sunday.
韩国国民年金公团3月2日宣布，韩国国民养老金领取人数今年可能首次超过800万，这是自1988年该计划推出以来的首次。这一预测是在韩国人口快速老龄化和低生育率背景下作出的。11月份该数字已达783万。
由 AI 报道
Mexico's Secretariat of Welfare announced the bimonthly payment schedule for the Bienestar Pension and Mujeres Bienestar Pension, starting May 4, 2026, with surnames beginning with A. New secretary Leticia Ramírez outlined an investment of over 104 billion pesos for 32 million beneficiaries. Deposits are made directly into Bienestar Cards.
A Funcas report predicts that average inheritance in Spain will reach 250,000 euros in about 20 years due to falling number of children per household. This rise stems mainly from fewer heirs per deceased, according to authors Marina Asensio and Daniel Manzano from AFI.