Show key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureFrom 18 Jun 2025DWP says transitional payments scheme for those losing Pip 'one of most generous' ever as bill cutting benefits publishedThe Department for Work and Pensions has now published the text of the universal credit and personal independence payments bill. It runs to 16 pages, and it’s here.Here are the explanatory notes.And there are two impact assessments – here and here.In its news release, the DWP confirms that the plans include a three-month transitional payment for people who are losing the personal independence payment. It claims this is “one of the most generous” transitional payments ever offered as part of a benefit change.It says:
double quotation markThe universal credit and personal independence payment bill will provide 13-weeks of additional financial security to existing claimants affected by changes to the Pip daily living component, including those who their lose eligibility to carers allowance and the carer’s element of universal credit.
The 13-week additional protection will give people who will be affected by the changes time to adapt, access new, tailored employment support, and plan for their future once they are reassessed and their entitlement ends.
