The UK Government has unveiled a strategy to change how Personal Independence Payment ( PIP ) claims are handled, in a bid to ...

The number of in-person assessments is set to rise significantly, with Personal Independence Payment (PIP) evaluations ...

The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) stated that this measure, set to be implemented in April, aims to allow health ...

The measure is part of plans to reduce the Work Capability Assessment backlog and separate from the Timms Review.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has clarified its stance on the "set symptoms list" for those receiving Personal ...

Major PIP reforms starting April 2026 will extend award periods to a minimum of three years for new claimants aged 25 and ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently confirmed no changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will be applied until after a "comprehensive review” of the disability benefit has been ...

New work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden has said the welfare system still needs reform (PA) Reforms to personal independence payments (PIP) will carry on in a “different way” to before, the new ...

The assessment process for disability benefits is not fit for purpose, especially for medical conditions where symptoms fluctuate, according to health experts. Assessments for personal independence ...

The DWP states that reducing how often PIP award reviews take place will diminish "the number of people who are called to a Pip assessment when their [disability] function has not changed", whilst ...

The data also shows that more than 1.5m (39%) of all 3.8m PIP claimants have been issued with an award of five years or ...

Ahead of Labour’s crunch Spring Statement, details of the rumoured cuts to welfare have grown rife. Estimates of what the government is hoping to save have continued to grow – now sitting at around £6 ...