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The government has refused to say whether the disability minister was told that a member of the steering group reviewing personal independence payment (PIP) was about to publish a report calling for spending on disability benefits for children to be slashed. […]
The minister leading a government review of personal independence payment (PIP) has refused four times to rule out cuts to spending, but he has promised no disabled person will be forced to accept products or services instead of cash payments. In […]
A cross-party committee of MPs has warned the government against using the Timms Review to cut disabled people’s access to personal independence payment (PIP), which it said would only increase pressure on other services. The warning came in a letter from […]
Some of disabled people’s fears appear to have been confirmed late last night as the government released draft recommendations from its review of personal independence payment (PIP) which suggest ministers are planning cuts to some cash payments. The document provides no […]
The Labour government risks alienating voters if it ignores new research which shows the public strongly oppose cuts to spending on disability benefits, disabled people’s organisations warned the prime minister this week. Disabled activists are now set to brief MPs about […]
Disabled people who receive personal independence payment (PIP) overwhelmingly say that the disability benefit does not cover all their additional disability-related costs, according to a new survey. The results of the survey – co-designed with disabled people – show that only […]
The Labour government is set to fail again in a key promise on co-production of disability policy, after revealing how it will only ask disabled people for their views on a key strategy after it has been drafted. In July 2025, […]
A new assessment regime for disability benefits that will reduce the influence of healthcare professionals and hand greater responsibility to civil servants is set to be rolled out across the country before ministers have seen a detailed evaluation of its impact. […]
The Welsh government has raised “significant concerns” about the level of coproduction provided by the ongoing review of personal independence payment (PIP) and has called for an independent, disabled-led review to guide the design of any PIP replacement. The criticism from […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hid figures showing how many cases of death and serious harm of personal independence payment (PIP) claimants it had investigated, on the same day it published the interim report of its major PIP review. […]