Author Archives: wonkypolicywonk

About wonkypolicywonk

Wonkypolicywonk is a policy minion who has in the past been lucky enough to work for one of the very best MPs in the House of Commons, and before that at Maternity Action, Working Families, Citizens Advice, the National Audit Office, the Law Society, and Amnesty International UK. He's now back with the fab feminists at Maternity Action.

Personal Independence Payment – a saga

Posted on November 9, 2019

This post – about my son’s recent reassessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by the DWP – will only be of interest to those applying for PIP or advising those doing so, and is posted in case it is helpful … Continue reading →

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Single Enforcement Body: Will the Tories boldly go where Labour and the Lib Dems failed to tread?

Posted on October 7, 2019

In July, the Government launched a formal, 12-week consultation on a proposal to establish a new Single Enforcement Body for employment rights. You might even have submitted a response (the consultation closed yesterday). And you probably concluded that it is … Continue reading →

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Brexit: Till we get the healing done

Posted on September 25, 2019

So, as Jim Pickard of the Financial Times noted on Twitter yesterday, Jeremy Corbyn “has worked out what would heal the divided nation, and it’s a [second] referendum on EU membership”. Yep, in his speech to the Labour Party conference in … Continue reading →

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ET claim numbers: nothing to see, move along

Posted on September 13, 2019

So, the latest set of quarterly employment tribunal statistics – covering the period April to June 2019 (Q1 of 2019/20) – was published by the Ministry of Injustice yesterday, and it is time to play another round of that thrilling … Continue reading →

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Brexit: Do Johnson, Gove & Cummings have a cunning plan?

Posted on August 7, 2019

Do Johnson, Gove & Cummings have a cunning plan? Honestly mate, I haven’t got a fucking clue. No one has. Maybe not even them. No, it’s a mug’s game making predictions about what may happen between now and Halloween – … Continue reading →

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Sharp fall in waiting time for next garbage article on ET claims

Posted on July 30, 2019

As if driving around Madrid airport four times trying, and failing, to find the car rental return depot wasn’t enough to dampen my spirits at the end of my family holiday on Monday, my extended hours in the departure lounge … Continue reading →

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ET claims: the ultimate chart show

Posted on June 18, 2019

A few days ago, on this blog, I noted the “big jump” in the number of articles in the #HR specialist press and elsewhere about the number of employment tribunal claims/cases, all featuring an eye-catching but totally rubbish theory by … Continue reading →

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