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Full list of changes planned for people on PIP, Universal Credit and other benefits

Rishi Sunak has outlined a series of reforms targeting individuals with PIP, Universal Credit, inheritance benefits or long-term ill health in a bid to rein in rising costs and tackle problems such as inactivity, long-term illness and benefit fraud. In his speech on 19 April, the Prime Minister called overhauling the welfare system a “moral… Read More »

DWP PIP payments could be stopped for more than a million people under new plans

PIP payments could be stopped for more than a million people under new plans to reform DWP benefit. The UK Government’s welfare reform proposals could see Personal Independence Payments (PIP) worth £737.20 every four weeks stopped and replaced with talking therapies for more than a million people with mental health problems. Disability charity Scope expressed… Read More »