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Half of single-parent families received housing support last year

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NewsMedia

Friday's papers: Spring on the border, social vulnerability, and prom night

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NewsHealth

Finland aims to lift 100,000 out of poverty and risk of marginalisation

NewsKela

Kela: 62k more households in Finland fall into poverty

NewsIncome security

Finnish pension system ranked 7th globally

NewsPoverty

Covid crisis increasing Finland's child poverty rate, experts say

NewsIncome security

Report: Current contributions not enough to cover future pensions

NewsInsurance

New rules on cutting medical jargon welcomed by pension providers

NewsIncome security

Finnish workers plan to work longer and retire later, study finds

NewsHelping

Social barometer: People most in need left without help during pandemic

NewsIncome security

Expanded unemployment benefits extended to June

NewsSocial assistance

Earnings-related unemployment allowances hit 20-year high

NewsIncome security

Government to phase out pension pipeline by 2025

NewsIncome security

Pensions agency pays out over €400 million a month too early

NewsWidow's Pension

Critics slam planned 10-year limit for widows' pension

NewsPoverty

Monday's papers: Child poverty, empty apartments and a cold wind blows in

NewsHousing Finance and Development Centre of Finland

Finland observes partially virtual Night of the Homeless

NewsFood Aid

Coronavirus worsens Finland's poverty problem

NewsHelsinki

Youth homelessness increasing in Helsinki, group says

NewsCounties

New social and health services reform proposal heads for review

NewsIncome security

How to prepare for life as a pensioner

NewsFood Aid

Survey: Crisis worsened hunger, financial distress in Finland

NewsIncome security

Centre chair springs higher retirement age surprise

NewsUnemployment

Unemployed could soon earn €500 without hurting benefits

NewsUnemployment Insurance

Young women among worst hit by coronavirus job cuts

NewsNordic countries

Final verdict on Finland's basic income trial: More happiness but little employment effect

NewsPension

Mental problems top Finland's disability pensions listing

NewsStaffing

Largest unemployment fund warns of claims flood

NewsHelsinki

Coronavirus crisis drives panhandlers from Helsinki streets

NewsIncome security

Thursday's papers: Uusimaa to be cordoned off, pension worries and airport health checks

NewsEuropean Union

Kela to cover loss of earnings caused by EU quarantines

NewsEarnings Information

Kela: No loss of earnings benefits for quarantine abroad

NewsSocial assistance

5 questions about Finland's welfare reform: "It's like slicing up an elephant kilo-by-kilo"

NewsThe Finnish Broadcasting Company

MPs split on tapering of unemployment benefit

NewsFood Aid

Centralised waste food depot to streamline food aid in Helsinki

NewsNational Pension

Kela: Social benefits totalled nearly 15 billion in 2018

NewsEmployment

Employment activation model increases disability pension applications

NewsMaternity Allowance

Gig workers, freelancers fear changes to maternity benefit rules

NewsIncome security

Report: Women's pensions one-fifth smaller than men's

NewsUnemployment

Report: Difficult to distinguish activation model effect from economic upswing

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