I have conducted a quick review of Facebook and the narrative developing is that we should not be cutting incapacity benefits while we spend billions on asylum seeker hotels. I would guess that a ver… (View Post)

If we're not at the "optimal" number of injuries in relation to cost, QALYs, foregone taxes and various other factors then there is work yet to do. I think the DfT have previously calc… (View Post)

The darkly funny thing is that outfits like the Telegraph have been warning us for decades about the dangers of screen time, video gaming, social media etc etc - and now that there is an increase in … (View Post)

As a percentage of GDP, working-age incapacity spending has been roughly constant since the late 1970s. See Chart 1.3 from this: https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/Welfare-trends-report-October-2024.pdf… (View Post)

That's PAWHP to you. Allegedly sick? The current caseload is perfectly in line with a long-term trend from 2012 onward for physical and mental disability. I don't think there is any evidenc… (View Post)