Brazil’s Lula announces higher welfare payments and free weight-loss jabs ahead of election

• On 4 October, the leftwing incumbent will face the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been gaining ground in recent weeks.
• The rise in the monthly payment, from about £98 to £113, that he announced on Thursday is due to take effect on 19 October,