BY JOHN LEAKE
Ed Dowd just sent me a Tweet as I was walking into a coffee shop and it prompted me to do a jaw-dropping double take. It’s amazing to me how much our world has changed for the worst in the last three years. Prior to 2020, I only experienced such double takes at the sight of beautiful and delightful things. Now every day brings a steady train of disaster stories and images. Here’s the figure from Ed’s Tweet:
The UK Government website describes PIPs as follows:
What PIP is for
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can help with extra living costs if you have both:
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a long-term physical or mental health condition or disability
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difficulty doing certain everyday tasks or getting around because of your condition.
The recent and dramatic spike of cleared PIPs is expressed in the following chart, published on Ed Dowd’s HUMANITY PROJECTS WEBSITE.
