"increase welfare" is correct and usable in written English.
You might use it in a sentence like, "The government's goal is to increase welfare for its citizens."
Restrictions on movement dramatically increase welfare costs, however.
He said he would use the new revenues to increase welfare payments to Mexico's poor.
This makes it possible for states to maintain or even increase welfare spending during this recession.
For some, higher rates of debt are appropriate in order to smooth consumption and, ultimately, increase welfare.(Photo credit: AP).
"Moral hazards have been rampant at ailing banks," it said, "with company funds used too much to increase welfare and payments for executives".
This notion was, of course, thoroughly subversive: if wants are created by those who satisfy them, in what sense does this process increase welfare?
"The avoidance of crises increases welfare in the long term.
Real wages increased, welfare rolls contracted and progress was made on the very difficult problem of income inequality.
India, he says, suffers from both increased welfare spending and "crony capitalism," with lucrative contracts steered to a fortunate few.
On the liberal side, he has voted for abortion rights, gun control, tax increases, welfare reforms, consumer protections and civil rights legislation.
Historically, the British Social Attitudes data shows that support for increasing welfare spending rises under Conservative governments and falls under Labour.
