There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system. Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts Spending is controlled

This article by Chris Giles ’ in the Financial Times today is one of the most important pieces written about the welfare system in a long time. It cuts through the rhetoric and tells it how it is: the UK’s welfare spending hasn’t spiralled out of control. In fact, it’s been

Here we go again - independence for disabled people is too much of a cost clearly…

Up and on it nice and early this morning with an interview on LBC with Matthew Wright, discussing Rt Hon Rachel Reeves plans around the Motability Foundation scheme. The The Guardian reports that The Chancellor is hoping to save around £1.2 billion by scrapping the VAT and insurance

I realised just a second ago that I’ve been doing media interviews and appearances for sixteen years now - the same amount of years as IncomeMax has been in operation. Working Lunch on BBC 2 originally, BBC News (UK), Sky News, two series on Channel 5, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 4

If we really want to get serious about the economy (and poverty, equality and saving the planet) there’s so much we need to understand better - issues like productivity and investment as two of those, as well as the mechanisms around money creation, the bond markets etc.

I understand the sentiment here but I think it’s not as simple as this. ‘Taxing the rich’ sounds straight forward but if it was that easy it would have been done before. There are risks to any approach and therefore caution is advised. For a long time now I’ve felt there has

One of the biggest frustrations I have in life is the ‘rich/poor’ and ‘left/right’ divides which pit humans against each other constantly. I’ve always felt that as humans we all want the same things: health, family, social connection, housing, food & water, energy, safety,

There’s been a recent paper from Labour Together on contribution by Morgan Wild labourtogether.uk/all-reports/ca…

It’s #TalkMoney week. And this year I want to talk about… HEALTH. Health. It’s the topic on everyone’s agenda. There’s not a human who has consciously lived a life who hasn’t realised how important health is. Both the health of ourselves AND our loved ones. But our

We could be about to see the first step in restoring the social security system as Chancellor Rt Hon Rachel Reeves suggests benefit limits on larger families to be lifted. The two child limit on benefits - just ONE of a host of cuts and freezes made by the UK Government from

The end of the two child cap within the means-tested benefits system is most welcome. At IncomeMax we’ve called this policy out as wrong since it came in. Children have paid the price - and it’s something that should never have been introduced. The two child limit was all

Out Today: Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics, April 2019 to September 2025 These statistics cover the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work bit.ly/3MDbhHs

Out Today: ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: December 2025 bit.ly/4pYlCMv

Please watch this from Angela Haggerty She explains how politicians don't have any experience of using the benefit system Then she explains how difficult it is to get benefits in detail At the end the Reform UK person then objects, asking why there are so many more sick people

Evil, unconscious actions. Not a day seems to go past where some despicable act perpetrated by humans goes on - Australia and another shooting in the US as just two of the latest examples. My heart goes out to the innocent people killed and of course their families and loved

Just in time for Christmas we’ve just published the latest IncomeMax Social Impact Report! Covering the year 24/25, we’ve now reached £58 MILLION POUNDS of new income confirmd for our customers. 24/25 was another monumental year. As well as our human advice team continuing