Currently, the gap between PIP award reviews can be as brief as nine months, and most claimants see no change in their award at review. This is set to change for the majority of PIP claimants aged 25 ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that it would be “abolishing the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)” and that following this, eligibility to the ...

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

The UK Government has unveiled plans to extend the duration of awards for new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants ...

The number of in-person assessments is set to rise significantly, with Personal Independence Payment (PIP) evaluations climbing from just 6 per cent in 2024 (57,000) to 30 per cent of all assessments, ...

But Labour are now requiring the proportion of face-to-face assessments to be increased to 30 per cent for both PIP and the WCA, rising from lows of 6 per cent for PIP in 2024 and 13 per cent for the ...

PIP claimants will wait longer between reviews but face more in-person assessments under DWP overhaul from April 2026 ...

People on Personal Independence Payment face fewer reviews from the Department for Work and Pensions, or DWP, in a bid to reduce a major backlog. The Labour Party government has unveiled plans to ...