It's a scandal.

We cannot create reliefs like R&D tax relief. I's generous, vague, and impossible to police - a dangerous combination. Better to have narrowly focussed reliefs which are only available to a much smaller number of businesses doing really serious R&D.

Some really useful reflections - an interesting point to explore further is whether and how groups should be considered differently (or not).

Useful chart and way of understanding trends. Minor point of clarity, is this percentage change in the rate or a percentage points change?

Our Commission for Healthier Working Lives set out some positive steps here: www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

We’re expecting more from the Mayfield Review on the role of employers this week. Bold change and a long-term vision are increasingly urgent. We need to take a serious look at how to make work more accessible for people with health challenges and prevent health-related job loss.

The government has called for a 'decisive shift' towards prevention and early intervention. With 300,000 people a year leaving work and reporting work-limiting conditions, it should deliver on that promise. But yesterday’s announcements did not make it much clearer how or when that will happen.

Agreed. Our Commission for HWLs called for something similar last week, suggesting a ‘rehabilitation’ benefit period – with a contributory element – for up to 12 months after leaving work: www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

The rise in distress can be absolutely real and *at the same time* not (fully) explain why people are unable to work. For that, we need to also look at precarious work, broken education & a welfare system that only offers one way to describe your barriers to work: www.health.org.uk/features-and...

And this is a helpful piece from @faisalislam.bsky.social
– good to see discussion on a more long-term, preventative approach to work and health: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...