The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that proposed legal changes to PIP eligibility rules will not go ...

Reassessments for the UK’s largest disability benefit are undergoing an overhaul in 2026, affecting two million people. The government is changing how often people claiming personal independence ...

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

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

Amelia Peckham and others with disabilities are worried by the Government’s push to do more in-person benefits assessments ...

The DWP warns you could be taken to court or have to pay a penalty if you give wrong information or do not report a change ...

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 longer. More than 58 per cent of people claiming PIP for a visual disease have a ...

Currently, the time between PIP award reviews can be as short as nine months, and most claimant see no change in their award ...

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