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The Labour government has told a parliamentary inquiry that clearance time for new personal independence payment (PIP) claims has not “exceeded” 16 weeks in more than three years, just as new departmental data has shown waits reach 20 weeks. It made […]
Growing evidence from figures released by the government suggests disabled people are facing significant and increasing delays and backlogs in the personal independence payment (PIP) system. The figures show striking delays in clearing PIP claims, but also in answering telephone queries […]
Two disabled people who spent months waiting to be assessed for the new disability benefit have secured the chance to take legal action against the government over the delays they and thousands of others have faced. Lawyers have been granted permission […]