The Damn Lies of Statistical Silence
EARNINGS RULE AND DISREGARD LEVELS Date of last increase Previous Amount (£) Current Amount (£) Number Receiving Benefit Date of Information Unemployment supplement paid with: Pension paid for...
View ArticleDWP Figures for Disability Benefit. Is It Slowly Getting Better?
Strictly this isn’t historical, but does relate to the work I did a few months ago at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.1 Some basic explanation to start with. Atos Healthcare are a...
View ArticleYet more new ESA figures
New figures are out today via the DWP website on the process of moving people from Incapacity Benefit (the old benefit paid to people considered incapable of work due to a medical condition) to the new...
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Pretty graphs > thesis
Selected benefits and their weekly rate of payment over time. Prices set to 2002 based on Retail Prices Index. Lots of lines – what do they tell us? This graph shows the weekly rates of certain...
View ArticleBeyond the Barriers – New Spartacus Report
The Spartacus group, which produced Responsible Reform, has just published its latest report on the Employment and Support Allowance. Beyond the Barriers has taken evidence from around Europe, the...
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2001 – September 11
xkcd (Source)The terrorist attacks on “9/11” were horrific. The sheer scale of the damage, the cultural significance of the targets, and the fact that this exposed the vulnerability of “the most...
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