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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 1d

If Welsh local authorities matched the best Pension Credit take up performance of a Welsh LA then this is the extra annual benefit that would go into pockets and the local economy. £29.5m a year!
#Wales #benefits #pensioners

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 1d

So lower take-up means less deprivation (allegedly) and loss of deprivation support. Double argument for take-up work.

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 1d

PIP is not related to capability for work. A lot of PIP recipients work.

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 1d

The new local data on Pension Credit eligibility and take up also gives a new picture of huge local variations. Some areas have twice the take-up of others. benefitsinthefuture.com/4092-2/

Big differences in Pension Credit take-up revealed – Benefits in the Future

The DWP have published some analysis, for the first time, which looks at Pension Credit take-up in a much more detailed manner. For the first time it’s possible to see local authority and Westminster ...

benefitsinthefuture.com

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 2d

Is welfare rights work the reason some areas have double the Pension Credit take-up rate of others?
benefitsinthefuture.com/4092-2/ #pensions #benefits #older #takeup

Big differences in Pension Credit take-up revealed – Benefits in the Future

The DWP have published some analysis, for the first time, which looks at Pension Credit take-up in a much more detailed manner. For the first time it’s possible to see local authority and Westminster ...

benefitsinthefuture.com

Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 2d

Some areas see almost 90% of eligible Pension Credit paid but others only get 40%. Why and what’s different. benefitsinthefuture.com/4092-2/ #pensions #benefits #older

Big differences in Pension Credit take-up revealed – Benefits in the Future

The DWP have published some analysis, for the first time, which looks at Pension Credit take-up in a much more detailed manner. For the first time it’s possible to see local authority and Westminster ...

benefitsinthefuture.com

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 4d

Some areas see almost 90% of eligible Pension Credit paid but others only get 40%. Why and what’s different. benefitsinthefuture.com/4092-2/ #pensions #benefits

Big differences in Pension Credit take-up revealed – Benefits in the Future

The DWP have published some analysis, for the first time, which looks at Pension Credit take-up in a much more detailed manner. For the first time it’s possible to see local authority and Westminster ...

benefitsinthefuture.com

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 3d

Very variable by locality possibly linked to welfare rights advice work. benefitsinthefuture.com/4092-2/ looks at some details

Big differences in Pension Credit take-up revealed – Benefits in the Future

The DWP have published some analysis, for the first time, which looks at Pension Credit take-up in a much more detailed manner. For the first time it’s possible to see local authority and Westminster ...

benefitsinthefuture.com

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Henry Tapper @henrytapper.bsky.social · 4d

"the best performing areas are those which have had a long record of active welfare rights work while those at the bottom have been more poorly resourced" @ferrinfo.bsky.social Gareth Morgan

Big differences in Pension Credit take-up revealed

Big differences in Pension Credit take-up revealed by Gareth Morgan on October 31, 2025 The DWP have published some analysis, for the first time, which looks at Pension Credit take-up in a much mor…

henrytapper.com

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 4d

Some areas see almost 90% of eligible Pension Credit paid but others only get 40%. Why and what’s different. benefitsinthefuture.com/4092-2/ #pensions #benefits

Big differences in Pension Credit take-up revealed – Benefits in the Future

The DWP have published some analysis, for the first time, which looks at Pension Credit take-up in a much more detailed manner. For the first time it’s possible to see local authority and Westminster ...

benefitsinthefuture.com

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 8d

It’s suggested that the living wage could go up to £12.70 next year. But of every extra £ paid by an employer in 2026, over 90% could go to the Treasury. Why isn’t it going to the low paid worker? See benefitsinthefuture.com/who-actually...

Who actually gains from minimum wage increases? Some pre-budget comments – Benefits in the Future

The real winner from a National Living Wage increase is the Treasury which can take over 90% of the extra paid. The biggest losers are employers. I have written, for several years, in my blog about ...

benefitsinthefuture.com

Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 9d

Whoops, 90%

Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 9d

For those working on means-tested benefits there can be an effective rate of over 10% benefitsinthefuture.com/who-actually...

Who actually gains from minimum wage increases? Some pre-budget comments – Benefits in the Future

The real winner from a National Living Wage increase is the Treasury which can take over 90% of the extra paid. The biggest losers are employers. I have written, for several years, in my blog about ...

benefitsinthefuture.com

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 10d

It’s suggested that the living wage could go up to £12.70 next year. But of every extra £ paid by an employer in 2026, over 90% could go to the Treasury. Why isn’t it going to the low paid worker? See benefitsinthefuture.com/who-actually...

Who actually gains from minimum wage increases? Some pre-budget comments – Benefits in the Future

The real winner from a National Living Wage increase is the Treasury which can take over 90% of the extra paid. The biggest losers are employers. I have written, for several years, in my blog about ...

benefitsinthefuture.com

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 10d

It’s suggested that the living wage could go up to £12.70 next year. But of every extra £ paid by an employer in 2026, over 90% could go to the Treasury. Why isn’t it going to the low paid worker? See benefitsinthefuture.com/who-actually...

Who actually gains from minimum wage increases? Some pre-budget comments – Benefits in the Future

The real winner from a National Living Wage increase is the Treasury which can take over 90% of the extra paid. The biggest losers are employers. I have written, for several years, in my blog about ...

benefitsinthefuture.com

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · Jul 25

Great to see the importance of advice services emphasised in the Work & Pensions Committee report on pensioner poverty publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm... Lots of points from my and other advice sector evidence picked up on.

Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations

Report of the Work and Pensions Committee

publications.parliament.uk

Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · Jul 24

‪Great to see my evidence being referred to alongside other powerful voices from the advice community.‬

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · Jun 25

Can we stop talking about £5bn a year spending cut. People on benefits spend their money straight away and very locally. It’s £5bn a year being taken off local shops and businesses. It’s £5bn a year less supporting local jobs. It’s going to close shops and businesses and cut jobs.

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · Jun 25

Can we stop talking about £5bn a year spending cut. People on benefits spend their money straight away and very locally. It’s £5bn a year being taken off local shops and businesses. It’s £5bn a year less supporting local jobs. It’s going to close shops and businesses and cut jobs.

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · Apr 4

Rather chuffed the Work & Pensions Committee picked a bit of my evidence as an example of their inquiry.

x.com/CommonsWorkP...

Work & Pensions Committee on X: "We've been looking into pensioner poverty to find out how to improve access to and take-up of Pension Credit and other support. 📹 Watch @gmorgan_ferret share with us the challenges people may face and why they don't claim for benefits. https://t.co/m5JC56QDdZ" / X

We've been looking into pensioner poverty to find out how to improve access to and take-up of Pension Credit and other support. 📹 Watch @gmorgan_ferret share with us the challenges people may face and why they don't claim for benefits. https://t.co/m5JC56QDdZ

x.com

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · Apr 1

“Ministers hail 'huge' minimum wage boost” but the reality is very different benefitsinthefuture.com/the-new-gove... #benefits #tax #minimmwage #NLW

The ‘new’ government is continuing to be extremely generous…to itself? – Benefits in the Future

My annual updated version of the blogs which were posted here in April 2021, November 2022, and November 2023. This now uses the NLW figure of £12.21 an hour, and the changes to employers NI announc...

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · Mar 23

Pleased to have the chance to give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee session on pensioner poverty this week. Really pleased that Daphne Hall and Gary Vaux are also there to talk about what advice can do.

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Mar 10

Governments tend to focus on reducing health-related benefit in-flows by tightening eligibility criteria.

But doing so concentrates large losses among a subset of claimants - hitting some low-income families hard.

Read more➡️ buff.ly/d1u2Tkn

chart showing Estimated number of adults receiving ESA or UC who will lose support due to proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessment, by income decile: UK, 2028-29 .

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · Jan 13

We’re catching up , tonight was US-UK and SINGLES

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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · Jan 13

The US/UK one?

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