Mus

Norwegian mouse who plays the saxophone.

[Giles Wilkes @Gilesyb]

What's your favourite misused/misinterpreted stat? Mine is this one below: the notion of there being 9m people we can "get back working". It takes literally 7 minutes (I timed it) to look up the figures, find the reasons, put them in historical context and show it's wrong: 1/

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

Just one example - the DWP has, since 2010, received at least seven coroner's "prevention of future death" notices requesting policy changes following benefit claimants committing suicide.

5 were dismissed completely. 2 led to superficial changes.

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

The Blood Scandal happened decades ago. It's easy for Hunt and Sunak to sound sorrowful - it wasn't their fault.

Less keen on talking about the risks and injustices they're choosing to ignore right now. And some other PM might be apologising for in three decades time.

[Rachel Schraer @rachelschraer]

Unproven treatment, the Lightning Process leaves participants feeling "blamed" for being ill, according to former Team GB rower @oonagh_cousins. But some say they completely recovered after using the programme... I went undercover to find out more https://t.co/W1Tf78salj

[Mus @MusMusMussy]

'An abuse by people supposedly there to care' https://t.co/0032IRcOWl

[Mus @MusMusMussy]

https://t.co/16ll1eONgH The campaigners who fought for justice, but didn't live to see it

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

The idea that PIP benefits are handed out like candy whenever people feel a bit gloomy is so far from the truth.

[Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti]

NEW: The DWP is rejecting more than 40% of applications for PIP disability benefit from people with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and arthritis – and one in four applications from amputees

By me, for the Observer 👇https://t.co/OlZPVTwcIw

[Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti]

NEW: A disability activist has been granted permission to take the DWP to court over its plans to tighten a key disability benefit test

@EllenClifford1 is bringing a judicial review of the consultation into changes to the WCA

By me, for the Big Issue https://t.co/qtaGg0Ngyb

[Mrs. D (she/her) @another_noone]

@jdportes Repeatedly this week, and again here, @RishiSunak has implied that PIP is an out of work benefit. It isn’t. PIP can actually be the difference that allows disabled people to work. Either he doesn’t understand the system he is hoping to reform, or…?

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Today is the 15th anniversary of the launch of Disability News Service. Over those 15 years, DNS has reported on many appalling abuses of disabled people’s rights. Below are 15 news stories that highlight some of what we’ve gone through, and why there is so much more still to do.

[Mus @MusMusMussy]

@jdportes @leicesterliz “what matters is what works” - the 'pragmatism' of Blair & co encouraged tick box approaches. The desire to claim one has something that works, even by playing the system, makes it difficult to assess 'what works'. eg of the only RCT to get DWP funding: https://t.co/e9BSUiiY5p

[Mus @MusMusMussy]

@jdportes @leicesterliz Doesn't it just sound like a return to New Labour's rhetoric, which laid the foundation for so many of the problems we've seen with the benefits system since then? Conservatives are open about being punitive - better than using the language of compassion. https://t.co/azAWvYcJ0K

[Mus @MusMusMussy]

An NHS consultant was wrongly sacked after objecting to dangerous technique https://t.co/34TgsdoBoS

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

The government is seeking new powers for mass surveillance of the bank accounts of millions of benefit claimants to “scan for fraud.” Congrats to every politician and pundit who peddled the scrounger myth. This is where you took us. https://t.co/QxyJbnd6nq

[NAWRA @nawra.bsky.social @NAWRA_UK]

Shocking treatment - hospital inpatients should NEVER be called into the jobcentre

[Rebecca Thomas @Rebeccasmt]

Over 30 staff suspended from hospital ‘for falsifying records and harming patients’ emails leaked to The Independnent show

https://t.co/XrmxuY4mgz

[James Bloodworth @J_Bloodworth]

This is just not true. This graph shows *only* the Universal Credit claimant numbers. As @allthings_UC points out, UC has been replacing legacy benefits for the entire period covered by the graph. So what you’re seeing is literally the transition of UC being phased in

[Mus @MusMusMussy]

@_Lucibee Thanks, that's very interesting.

[Lucibee 🌻 @_Lucibee]

#UKCovidInquiry
Just found this in Vallance's notes... Seems "behavioural fatigue" was being talked about by Whitty as early as February 2020.

But who was this coming from? @covidinquiryuk