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Edward Ware
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Head of News at Mind
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mind.org.uk
Let’s be real – the facts are the real victims here. They keep being overlooked in favour of fuelling culture wars. 1/3
A screenshot of a news article with the headline "Nigel Farage claims UK is 'massively overdiagnosing' mental illness". The subheading reads "Reform leader claims GPs creating a 'class of victims' in elections speech." We've crossed out 'claims UK' and 'over-diagnosing' and replaced the latter with 'over-stigmatising' so the new headline reads "Nigel Farage is massively over-stigmatising mental illness". Above it is the headline, in Mind font, "Here we go again..."
April 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
edwardware.bsky.social
I've spoken to a lot of welfare advisors over the years having worked at Mind, Citizens Advice and StepChange. Strangely, none of them have ever said - we should make this harder for people and they should get less money.
April 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Edward Ware
henrymance.ft.com
the idea that millions more Britons are economically inactive since Covid seems to be a mirage, caused by declining response rates to the Labour Force Survey - @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/1409...
December 6, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Reposted by Edward Ware
tomcalver.bsky.social
NEW: Is Britain’s welfare too generous?

Most countries pay workers who lose their jobs more than half of their previous salaries.

In Britain, unemployment benefits are *12%* of the average wage

@thetimes.com

1/5
www.thetimes.com/article/c28d...
November 17, 2024 at 2:24 PM