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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is about to begin a “life-threatening” project that will finally reassess the remaining 150,000 working-age disabled people who are still receiving disability living allowance (DLA) for personal independence payment (PIP). Just months after completing* […]
The minister leading the review into personal independence payment (PIP) has told fellow MPs that there “may well be reductions” in spending on the disability benefit after the government publishes its final report later this year. Sir Stephen Timms was speaking […]
Personal independence payment (PIP) is increasingly vital to disabled people to fill in the gaps caused by cuts to services, but there are “deep-rooted” problems with how it is delivered, an interim report from the government’s PIP review has concluded. Many […]
Three new pieces of research published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have cast fresh doubt on whether ministers will be able to move more disabled people into work by providing them with more intensive employment support. The reports […]
The government has tried to claim credit for a scheme that will significantly increase the number of interpreters trained to support Deafblind people, despite providing just £15,000 in new funding. In one of the Labour government’s few non-employment-related announcements aimed at […]
The disability minister has been asked why he appears to have provided no funding for a plan to increase engagement among disabled people and their organisations with his review of the personal independence payment (PIP) system. Sir Stephen Timms announced plans […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has found another excuse for not releasing vital information that would show why cuts were made to many disabled people’s Access to Work packages after Labour came to power in July 2024. Disability News […]
Government documents prove that the “right to try” reforms at the centre of Labour’s “landmark” plans to push more sick and disabled people into employment are “worthless” and “a disgrace”, disabled critics have concluded. Labour pledged in its 2024 manifesto that it would […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has increased the number of disabled claimants who will face fewer reviews of their eligibility for personal independence payment (PIP). The measures it is taking to reduce PIP reassessments – which apply to England […]
The government is facing accusations of a cover-up after refusing to release a report that examined the quality of personal independence payment (PIP) assessments, following a sub-standard test linked to the death or serious harm suffered by a disabled claimant. The […]