Great that Radio 4 Moneybox and BBC Breakfast are continuing to raise awareness of unclaimed Home Responsibilities Protection!

Hi @stephenkb.bsky.social I enjoy your contributions on BlueSky, but wondered about this line. Today, most PC recipients are on the old state pension system, but the new system is designed to reduce PC numbers. DWP project *falling* caseloads every year to 2030. (I know you're talking longer term)

DWP statistics published today contain the rather shocking revelation that they are underpaying six in one hundred state pension claims, and this is up on last year. Given that they've spent the last four years fixing errors on over 100,000 widows, married women and over 80s, that's quite something!

I see that the Lib Dems have now overtaken the Conservatives in terms of total seats won over night:

OBR assuming 'triple lock' increase of 4.6% on state pension for April 2026, keeping the annual rate *just below* the tax-free allowance for one last year...

Distributional analysis just published shows *average* cash losses of £200-£300 year from welfare changes for most of poorest half of population. But as many are unaffected, those who will lose are on average losing a lot more than this:

Cafe Nero going up market this morning, sending out marketing emails in Latin! 😀

House of Commons library published a balanced assessment of how the UK state pension compares. This is from the summary:

A good impartial assessment of the relative level of UK pensions is published by the House of Commons library. Summary says:

Christopher Biggins has just shot up in my estimation!

Finally pulled the plug in the other place!

Reading the Employment White Paper today, what is striking is the very slow pace of reform of disability benefits. If we get a Green Paper in Spring 2025, that may mean firm proposals in 2026, legislation in 2027, phased implementation in 2028 or 2029 - unlikely to save much in this Parliament.

Just struggling to keep up:

Good to discuss the ‘mothers missing millions’ issue on BBC Breakfast this morning. More info on the LCP website at: www.lcp.com/mothers-missing-millions