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* [[Saorsa Amatheia Tweedale]], the [[Department for Work and Pensions]] diversity ambassador, compares taking children puberty blockers to taking the contraceptive pill.<ref name="pubertyblockers">https://archive.is/Nunbh</ref>
* [[Saorsa Amatheia Tweedale]], the [[Department for Work and Pensions]] diversity ambassador, compares taking children puberty blockers to taking the contraceptive pill.<ref name="pubertyblockers">https://archive.is/Nunbh</ref>
* Offers to pay benefits to people with multiple spouses.<ref name="polygamy">https://archive.ph/wip/Dycc7</ref>
* Offers to pay benefits to people with multiple spouses.<ref name="polygamy">https://archive.ph/wip/Dycc7</ref>
* Five Bulgarian nationals admitted stealing over £50 million from the [[Department for Work and Pensions]].<ref>https://archive.ph/x3fgi</ref>
* The UK economic inactivity rate for those aged 16 to 64 years was 22.2%.<ref>https://archive.ph/wip/nRofY</ref>
* 3.9million people receiving out of work benefits.<ref>https://archive.ph/KOSoR</ref>
* The number of people inactive because of long-term sickness reached 850,000 in 2024.<ref name="knowles">https://archive.ph/hMfoy</ref>
* Spent £69bn on benefits for people of working age with a disability or health conditions in 2024.<ref name="knowles"></ref>
* Youngsters not in work or education rise to 870,000 in 2024.<ref>https://archive.ph/meUKX</ref>
* Polish couple stole £700,000 with bogus claims and tried to leave the country.<ref>https://archive.ph/tyl1o</ref>
* No longer publishes statistics by nationality for income tax, national insurance, tax credits and child benefits.<ref>https://archive.ph/wip/ANyvb</ref>
* Wasted £13.9 billion due to fraud and error in one year.<ref>https://archive.ph/R2eNj</ref>
* Assumed a 5% increase in fraudulent behaviour each year in its forecasting.<ref>https://archive.ph/9cw2m</ref>
* Does not expect fraudulent claims to decrease ever again.<ref>https://archive.ph/9cw2m</ref>


== People ==
== People ==

Revision as of 07:07, 26 August 2024

Stories

  • Economic inactivity rate is 21.8% with 9.2million people aged between 16 and 64 not in work.[1]
  • 20,000 people off work due to mental health problems every month.[2]
  • More than 5million are on out of work benefits.[3]
  • Pays out £108 a week if you have one of these 57 medical conditions or disabilities including "unknown" and other diseases with a wide spectrum of symptoms.[4]
  • Saorsa Amatheia Tweedale, the Department for Work and Pensions diversity ambassador, compares taking children puberty blockers to taking the contraceptive pill.[5]
  • Offers to pay benefits to people with multiple spouses.[6]
  • Five Bulgarian nationals admitted stealing over £50 million from the Department for Work and Pensions.[7]
  • The UK economic inactivity rate for those aged 16 to 64 years was 22.2%.[8]
  • 3.9million people receiving out of work benefits.[9]
  • The number of people inactive because of long-term sickness reached 850,000 in 2024.[10]
  • Spent £69bn on benefits for people of working age with a disability or health conditions in 2024.[10]
  • Youngsters not in work or education rise to 870,000 in 2024.[11]
  • Polish couple stole £700,000 with bogus claims and tried to leave the country.[12]
  • No longer publishes statistics by nationality for income tax, national insurance, tax credits and child benefits.[13]
  • Wasted £13.9 billion due to fraud and error in one year.[14]
  • Assumed a 5% increase in fraudulent behaviour each year in its forecasting.[15]
  • Does not expect fraudulent claims to decrease ever again.[16]

People

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Notes

  1. ↑ https://archive.is/Og87E
  2. ↑ https://archive.is/4pRXJ
  3. ↑ https://archive.is/Bn0I9
  4. ↑ https://archive.is/QsuoO
  5. ↑ https://archive.is/Nunbh
  6. ↑ https://archive.ph/wip/Dycc7
  7. ↑ https://archive.ph/x3fgi
  8. ↑ https://archive.ph/wip/nRofY
  9. ↑ https://archive.ph/KOSoR
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://archive.ph/hMfoy
  11. ↑ https://archive.ph/meUKX
  12. ↑ https://archive.ph/tyl1o
  13. ↑ https://archive.ph/wip/ANyvb
  14. ↑ https://archive.ph/R2eNj
  15. ↑ https://archive.ph/9cw2m
  16. ↑ https://archive.ph/9cw2m
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