Last year the HMRC (UK's tax authority) admitted that in a child benefit 'crackdown', in 63% of cases where benefits were suspended because the recipient had left the country permanently, actually they hadn't... now that proportion has reached 71% in their latest disclosure - that's nearly 3 out of 4 that wrongly denied benefits!

Its yet one more case of bureaucrats with rubbish data erring on the side of a view benefits claims must be fraudulent!

#benefits #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/13/hmrc-wrongly-targeted-child-benefit-crackdown

Last year the HMRC (UK's tax authority) admitted that in a child benefit 'crackdown', in 63% of cases where benefits were suspended because the recipient had left the country permanently, actually they hadn't... now that proportion has reached 71% in their latest disclosure - that's nearly 3 out of 4 that wrongly denied benefits!

Its yet one more case of bureaucrats with rubbish data erring on the side of a view benefits claims must be fraudulent!

#benefits #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/13/hmrc-wrongly-targeted-child-benefit-crackdown

@hamishcampbell (8/9)
Since you have already expressed your #mind on the issues of #stupid-individualism I think it would be interesting to #explore specific-case #benefits of it, based on cases which had #positive #outcome . In the same fashion, it could be interesting to explore the #negatives of a #shared-governance and #open-processes in #context of #projects which had #negative outcome from it, as a #thought-exercise .
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Drawing together two themes from recent discussions in my timeline, its worth re-emphasising that:

In-work & housing benefits are not (in the last instance) policies that help the poor rather they are a mechanism to funnel state fund into supporting profits for low-wage employers, and landlords (whose rents are higher than they would be without housing & other benefits being paid to the poor).

So when people talk about 'benefits cheats' you might want to point this out...

#benefits #politics

Drawing together two themes from recent discussions in my timeline, its worth re-emphasising that:

In-work & housing benefits are not (in the last instance) policies that help the poor rather they are a mechanism to funnel state fund into supporting profits for low-wage employers, and landlords (whose rents are higher than they would be without housing & other benefits being paid to the poor).

So when people talk about 'benefits cheats' you might want to point this out...

#benefits #politics

High Air Pollution Could Diminish Exercise Benefits by 50%, Study Finds

https://scienceclock.com/exercise-may-protect-less-when-air-pollution-is-high-study-finds/

#HackerNews #airpollution #exercise #health #benefits #study #findings #fitness

Music eases surgery and speeds recovery, study finds

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c231dv9zpz3o

#HackerNews #Music #Surgery #Recovery #Study #Health #Benefits

It is not just Streeting, I would like at the very least, all large commercial donations to be explained by governments of any colour as to the benefits they accrue. Preferably I would go furthe than that and just ban them.

http://archive.today/2025.11.15-143325/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25624260.wes-streeting-urged-come-clean-200k-private-health-donation/

#UkPol #Corruption #Explain #TheNational #NHS #PrivateHealthCare #Donors #Benefits

It is not just Streeting, I would like at the very least, all large commercial donations to be explained by governments of any colour as to the benefits they accrue. Preferably I would go furthe than that and just ban them.

http://archive.today/2025.11.15-143325/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25624260.wes-streeting-urged-come-clean-200k-private-health-donation/

#UkPol #Corruption #Explain #TheNational #NHS #PrivateHealthCare #Donors #Benefits

Fiber reduces overall mortality by 23%

https://www.empirical.health/blog/dietary-fiber-reduces-all-cause-morality/

#HackerNews #Fiber #Health #Benefits #Mortality #Diet

"Ministers have dumped plans for a major white paper containing a swathe of further #cuts and reforms to #disability #benefits."

#UKPol

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwps-plans-in-tatters-as-mcfadden-scraps-white-paper-on-further-disability-cuts/

"Ministers have dumped plans for a major white paper containing a swathe of further #cuts and reforms to #disability #benefits."

#UKPol

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwps-plans-in-tatters-as-mcfadden-scraps-white-paper-on-further-disability-cuts/

You may regard this as a coincidence or you may put it down to the general hostility in action(s), despite the pious words of compassion, that five of the 28 MPs identified by Disability News Service as most supportive of disable rights, have now been suspended form the Labour Party or stripped of their role as trade envoys.

These 28 placed disability rights at the centre of their voting both on the benefits cuts & assisted dying bills.

#disability #benefits #politics

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-analysis-shows-disabled-peoples-strongest-allies-among-mps/