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

Millions of PIP claimants have been issued awards of five years or longer, with six health conditions showing the highest ...

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 ...

More than 67 per cent of people claiming PIP for a visual disease have a monthly award of up to £749 for five years or more.

Department for Work and Pensions issues a response over 'symptoms list' as officials plan massive increase to in-person ...

The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) has confirmed that claimants have the option to record their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments. However, the DWP will continue to monitor the ...

New figures from Social Security Scotland show at the end of October, some 491,370 people were receiving Adult Disability ...

The PIP application process can be lengthy and complicated but you can improve your chances of success by avoiding four ...

A new benefit that would replace the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for millions of people in the UK has been proposed by a panel of independent experts. Claimed by 3.7 million people, PIP is one ...

More than 120 Labour MPs are trying to block the government's planned changes to the benefits system, which ministers say will save £5bn by 2030. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to "press ...

Britons with acne, constipation and those who abused alcohol and drugs are each claiming almost £10,000 a year in disability benefits from a welfare system that experts warn is no longer fit for ...

Recent statistics released by the DWP reveal that there are currently 3.9 million PIP recipients in England and Wales, each ...