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I find this news shocking.
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I find this news shocking.
I'd feel a lot more positive about this if the id cards were going to be physical with biometric chips.
electric documents have a lot of scope for going wrong and no clear fallback plan when they do.
electric documents have a lot of scope for going wrong and no clear fallback plan when they do.
September 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I'd feel a lot more positive about this if the id cards were going to be physical with biometric chips.
electric documents have a lot of scope for going wrong and no clear fallback plan when they do.
electric documents have a lot of scope for going wrong and no clear fallback plan when they do.
I believe the clergy still use the term when referring to the ceremonial washing of hands before they administer communion... I could be wrong though.
July 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I believe the clergy still use the term when referring to the ceremonial washing of hands before they administer communion... I could be wrong though.
I don't think a DNS alias is the right way to do this. I pay Google about £6 a month to host my professional email account.
If you use a DNS alias rather than set up your mail servers correctly I would expect this outcome because the security systems on everyone else's mail would flag issues
If you use a DNS alias rather than set up your mail servers correctly I would expect this outcome because the security systems on everyone else's mail would flag issues
July 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I don't think a DNS alias is the right way to do this. I pay Google about £6 a month to host my professional email account.
If you use a DNS alias rather than set up your mail servers correctly I would expect this outcome because the security systems on everyone else's mail would flag issues
If you use a DNS alias rather than set up your mail servers correctly I would expect this outcome because the security systems on everyone else's mail would flag issues
Google Fonts are used the same way...
July 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Google Fonts are used the same way...
I don't seem to be able to DM you. Message me or email and I'll share my phone number.
June 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I don't seem to be able to DM you. Message me or email and I'll share my phone number.
Hi, I'm an ex-Citizens Advice housing adviser now working in legal tech. Happy to talk.
June 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Hi, I'm an ex-Citizens Advice housing adviser now working in legal tech. Happy to talk.
Happy to discuss this in chats or on a call sometime if you are interested.
June 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Happy to discuss this in chats or on a call sometime if you are interested.
As JR is expensive and basically a last resort, the way the advice sector tends to approach issues of malpractice in the DWP is to set up a model "test case" in the courts and ask the DWP to hold all others like it under review until the tc is decided so we have case law to help with the others.
June 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As JR is expensive and basically a last resort, the way the advice sector tends to approach issues of malpractice in the DWP is to set up a model "test case" in the courts and ask the DWP to hold all others like it under review until the tc is decided so we have case law to help with the others.
It depends on what you mean by this.
The legal mechanism for correcting a benefits decision by the DWP is usually a first tier tribunal followed by an upper tier tribunal and then very rarely the court of appeal.
The challenge that would take account of the actual automation is Judicial Review.
The legal mechanism for correcting a benefits decision by the DWP is usually a first tier tribunal followed by an upper tier tribunal and then very rarely the court of appeal.
The challenge that would take account of the actual automation is Judicial Review.
June 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It depends on what you mean by this.
The legal mechanism for correcting a benefits decision by the DWP is usually a first tier tribunal followed by an upper tier tribunal and then very rarely the court of appeal.
The challenge that would take account of the actual automation is Judicial Review.
The legal mechanism for correcting a benefits decision by the DWP is usually a first tier tribunal followed by an upper tier tribunal and then very rarely the court of appeal.
The challenge that would take account of the actual automation is Judicial Review.
NP. If I wasn't already vaguely familiar with the stats from my time thinking about martial arts/self defence I would have believed you. Women's 'self defence' is a very different problem to men's. For a man it's 'don't get into fights', for a woman, 'spot the red flags in your relationships'.
April 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NP. If I wasn't already vaguely familiar with the stats from my time thinking about martial arts/self defence I would have believed you. Women's 'self defence' is a very different problem to men's. For a man it's 'don't get into fights', for a woman, 'spot the red flags in your relationships'.
I agree, If only we could predict which women would be killed... Or just, you know, maybe help more women out of domestic abuse...
April 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I agree, If only we could predict which women would be killed... Or just, you know, maybe help more women out of domestic abuse...
Last I checked: No, while Domestic Violence and Abuse is rampant actual murder's of women are rarer than murders of men (156 vs 414 in 23-24). This is however a choice of helping a few hundred male victims over say 10% of all female people. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Appendix tables: homicide in England and Wales
- Office for National Statistics
Findings from the analyses based on the Homicide Index recorded by the Home Office, including long-term trends, sex of the victim, apparent method of killing and relationship to victim.
www.ons.gov.uk
April 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Last I checked: No, while Domestic Violence and Abuse is rampant actual murder's of women are rarer than murders of men (156 vs 414 in 23-24). This is however a choice of helping a few hundred male victims over say 10% of all female people. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
"Access Social Care" do a lot of this work as the name suggests. You could contact them if you are not already in touch.
March 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"Access Social Care" do a lot of this work as the name suggests. You could contact them if you are not already in touch.
In my view, before the PIP descriptors became widely accessible the system actually was pretty arbitrary and opaque. It took a long time for the advice providers to get their heads round it. That is what the early savings came from when PIP first replaced DLA.
March 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In my view, before the PIP descriptors became widely accessible the system actually was pretty arbitrary and opaque. It took a long time for the advice providers to get their heads round it. That is what the early savings came from when PIP first replaced DLA.
Of course the government could rewrite the law to abolish PIP and introduce a new benefit that was based entirely on medical evidence similar to the way Industrial Injuries Benefit works. I don't think it would save them any money, but it might be easier for claimants to understand.
March 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Of course the government could rewrite the law to abolish PIP and introduce a new benefit that was based entirely on medical evidence similar to the way Industrial Injuries Benefit works. I don't think it would save them any money, but it might be easier for claimants to understand.
I agree. I'm also particularly concerned about this: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
If dwp are using an AI to check formal diagnoses against reported symptoms then they are not really following a lawful process. I anticipate a JR to challenge this in due course.
If dwp are using an AI to check formal diagnoses against reported symptoms then they are not really following a lawful process. I anticipate a JR to challenge this in due course.
‘Serious concerns’ about DWP’s use of AI to read correspondence from benefit claimants
White mail system handles ‘highly sensitive personal data’ and people not told it is processing their information
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I agree. I'm also particularly concerned about this: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
If dwp are using an AI to check formal diagnoses against reported symptoms then they are not really following a lawful process. I anticipate a JR to challenge this in due course.
If dwp are using an AI to check formal diagnoses against reported symptoms then they are not really following a lawful process. I anticipate a JR to challenge this in due course.
Why not full RegEx?
March 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Why not full RegEx?
This is beyond my expertise, but I agree with what you are saying here.
February 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is beyond my expertise, but I agree with what you are saying here.
On the other hand my fear is that the job centre staff perverse incentive- to get as many people as possible into poorly paid work with appalling working conditions- will be extended to those who are sick or disabled.
February 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
On the other hand my fear is that the job centre staff perverse incentive- to get as many people as possible into poorly paid work with appalling working conditions- will be extended to those who are sick or disabled.
While I am concerned about this, I have to agree that there are indeed "perverse incentives" in the welfare benefit system both for claimants and for staff.
Claimants in the LCWG will lose this protected status if they take on even a fairly small amount of work. This threshold is very low.
Claimants in the LCWG will lose this protected status if they take on even a fairly small amount of work. This threshold is very low.
February 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
While I am concerned about this, I have to agree that there are indeed "perverse incentives" in the welfare benefit system both for claimants and for staff.
Claimants in the LCWG will lose this protected status if they take on even a fairly small amount of work. This threshold is very low.
Claimants in the LCWG will lose this protected status if they take on even a fairly small amount of work. This threshold is very low.
This is true. But it would still be well worth rejoining.
Firstly because of the obvious economic advantages.
Second because European Law gives UK citizens rights that we otherwise would not have and is continually progressive even when our own government isn't. For example the EUWTD.
Firstly because of the obvious economic advantages.
Second because European Law gives UK citizens rights that we otherwise would not have and is continually progressive even when our own government isn't. For example the EUWTD.
January 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is true. But it would still be well worth rejoining.
Firstly because of the obvious economic advantages.
Second because European Law gives UK citizens rights that we otherwise would not have and is continually progressive even when our own government isn't. For example the EUWTD.
Firstly because of the obvious economic advantages.
Second because European Law gives UK citizens rights that we otherwise would not have and is continually progressive even when our own government isn't. For example the EUWTD.
Probably not, but you will get more random adverts rather than creepily specific adverts.
January 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Probably not, but you will get more random adverts rather than creepily specific adverts.