Disability benefits are not fit for purpose and need fundamental change, according to a government minister who's been leading a comprehensive review.
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Disability benefits are not fit for purpose and need fundamental change, according to a government minister who’s been leading a comprehensive review.
Personal Independence Payments, or PIP, help those in England and Wales with long-term disabilities or conditions to pay the extra costs of housing, work and care.
Spending on PIPs cost £26 billion last year and is set to soar to more than £41 billion by the end of the decade.
‘Our message is simple: Pip is not working,’ the review is expected to say
People who rely on personal independence payments say the current system is 'traumatic', 'dehumanising' and 'difficult'
Disability minister Sir Stephen Timms says there's a 'strong case' for overhauling PIP assessments
Interim report into Pip found process had systematic and deep-rooted problems and required bold and radical overhaul
Stephen Timms, the disability minister, is expected to recommend a 'radical' and 'bold' overhaul of Personal Independence Payment…
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