The disability benefits system could be overhauled to encourage more claimants into work and control costs, the minister in ...

A number of changes affecting disability benefit PIP are expected in 2026. The government failed to garner the support to make cuts to the personal independence payment (PIP) benefit this summer, ...

Liz Kendall said the first tranche of proposed changes to PIP will be announced in the spring. (PA Images via Getty Images) Significant changes are coming to personal independence payments (PIP) in ...

Unlike universal credit, PIP is not a work-related benefit. Worth up to around £800 a month, it is aimed at paying for the ...

The guidance also mentions that carers might be eligible for Income Support (including for up to 26 weeks whilst the PIP ...

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee said some benefit claimants have been left waiting over a year for their Personal ...

Speculation that the government could be making further plans to cut disability benefits following summer recess "will make many people nervous", the UK's leading disability charity has warned.

However, an award for PIP may enable claimants to access means-tested benefits even if they have previously been told they are not eligible and according to guidance on GOV.UK, it may also be possible ...

The DWP will write to all claimants before April - with those on the highest rate handed confirmation of the near-£800 boost from the Labour Party government. If you are on the lower rates of both ...

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has started to be replaced by the new Adult Disability Payment in three pilot areas across Scotland this week. The launch of the new benefit means that people of ...

A number of changes affecting disability benefit PIP are coming in 2026. The government committed to reviewing the disability benefit after it failed to garner the support to make cuts to PIP this ...