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 ...

Reforms to personal independence payments (PIP) will carry on in a “different way” to before, the new work and pensions secretary has said. Pat McFadden, who took over the role from Liz Kendall ...

The government has commissioned the Timms review into PIP because ministers say they need to check whether PIP is still fair, effective and financially sustainable because of rising caseloads and ...

PIP payments are currently worth between £29.20 and £187.45 each week, some £116.80 or £749.80 every four-week pay period.

Some people on personal independence payments (PIP) can be afraid to report a deterioration in their health in case a ...

During my time as a PIP assessor, I often met people who told me they had no difficulty with a task, only for it to become clear, with careful questioning, that they were relying on extreme coping ...

New figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reveal the majority of Personal Independence Payment ( PIP) assessments are being carried out remotely by telephone. However, under new ...

Most of the people on the newly-elected steering group have lived experience of disability or claiming personal independence ...

In most cases, people nearing State Pension age making a new claim for PIP are given a 10-year award.

Changes to PIP eligibility are on hold until a comprehensive review of the benefit has been completed.

The Scottish Conservatives said the SNP’s ‘soft-touch benefits regime fails to tackle unnecessary or fraudulent claims’.