Everything you need to know about PIP changes and Universal Credit as Labour slashes £5billion off welfare budget and Rachel Reeves blasts 'broken system' in Spring Statement
4 days, 11 hours ago

Everything you need to know about PIP changes and Universal Credit as Labour slashes £5billion off welfare budget and Rachel Reeves blasts 'broken system' in Spring Statement

Daily Mail  

Chancellor Rachel Reeves today announced further welfare cuts as she confirmed changes for personal independence payment and Universal Credit. There are two parts to Pip – 1) the daily living part, if someone needs help with everyday tasks; and 2) the mobility part, if they need help with getting around. The Government states that people might get the daily living part of Pip if they need help with: preparing food eating and drinking managing your medicines or treatments washing and bathing using the toilet dressing and undressing reading managing your money socialising and being around other people talking, listening and understanding Daily living activities are classed as 'preparing food', 'eating and 'drinking', 'managing your medicines or treatments', 'washing and bathing', 'using the toilet', 'dressing and undressing', 'reading', 'managing your money', 'socialising and being around other people' and 'talking, listening and understanding'. The Government said their planned changes would mean 'that people who only score the lowest points on each of the PIP daily living activities will lose their entitlement in future'. The Government said Pip will now be targeted more on those with higher needs by requiring a minimum of four points on one daily living activity, in addition to the existing eligibility criteria.

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DWP benefits payments: March 2025 dates for Universal Credit, state pension and PIP
1 month ago

DWP benefits payments: March 2025 dates for Universal Credit, state pension and PIP

The Independent  

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DWP benefits payments: March 2025 dates for Universal Credit, state pension and PIP
1 month ago

DWP benefits payments: March 2025 dates for Universal Credit, state pension and PIP

The Independent  

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DWP benefits payments: March 2025 dates for Universal Credit, state pension and PIP
1 month, 1 week ago

DWP benefits payments: March 2025 dates for Universal Credit, state pension and PIP

The Independent  

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February 2025 dates for benefits and pensions amid DWP PIP changes
1 month, 3 weeks ago

February 2025 dates for benefits and pensions amid DWP PIP changes

The Independent  

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February 2025 dates for benefits and pensions amid DWP PIP changes
1 month, 3 weeks ago

February 2025 dates for benefits and pensions amid DWP PIP changes

The Independent  

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February 2025 dates for benefits and pensions as DWP PIP cuts rumoured
1 month, 3 weeks ago

February 2025 dates for benefits and pensions as DWP PIP cuts rumoured

The Independent  

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DWP is changing PIP assessments from September – what you need to know
6 months, 2 weeks ago

DWP is changing PIP assessments from September – what you need to know

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Major changes to disability benefits assessments are set to come …

Disability benefits could be vouchers, not cash, in Sunak crackdown
11 months ago

Disability benefits could be vouchers, not cash, in Sunak crackdown

The Telegraph  

Disabled people face being stripped of monthly payments and given vouchers instead under a benefits crackdown being unveiled on Monday ahead of the local elections. The proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment will be announced as part of a wider welfare reforms drive, championed by Rishi Sunak, to tackle the UK’s worklessness crisis. Earlier this month, Mr Sunak voiced …

Budget to encourage over-50s, disabled and benefits claimants back into work
2 years ago

Budget to encourage over-50s, disabled and benefits claimants back into work

The Independent  

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What will become of the benefit cap as UK’s poorest families set to miss out on cost of living help?
2 years, 10 months ago

What will become of the benefit cap as UK’s poorest families set to miss out on cost of living help?

The Independent  

In some ways, the story of the benefit cap mirrors what we are seeing in politics today – a chancellor balancing economic policy, his own instincts and public opinion. However, last year one of his former colleagues, the former welfare reform minister no less, Lord Freud, suggested that labelling the cap an austerity measure was a sham. We’ve never had …

Cost-of-living crisis: Minister rules out restoring £20-per-week universal credit uplift
2 years, 10 months ago

Cost-of-living crisis: Minister rules out restoring £20-per-week universal credit uplift

The Independent  

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UC changes introduced that could make some working claimants £1,000 better off
3 years, 4 months ago

UC changes introduced that could make some working claimants £1,000 better off

The Independent  

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Universal credit changes: Claimants to gain £1,000 a year as ‘taper rate’ cut by 8 per cent, Sunak announces
3 years, 5 months ago

Universal credit changes: Claimants to gain £1,000 a year as ‘taper rate’ cut by 8 per cent, Sunak announces

The Independent  

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UK universal credit cut: ‘We don’t know how we will survive’
3 years, 6 months ago

UK universal credit cut: ‘We don’t know how we will survive’

Al Jazeera  

A 20-pound-a-week reduction in income may not mean much to many, but for us, it is a matter of life and death. We have my husband’s small pension, my personal independence payment, carers allowance, and universal credit – a monthly payment for out-of-work or low-income people. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government introduced a temporary 20 pounds weekly …

Rishi Sunak’s ‘retreat’ on universal credit is no such thing
3 years, 6 months ago

Rishi Sunak’s ‘retreat’ on universal credit is no such thing

The Independent  

Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, and Therese Coffey, the work and pensions secretary, are understood to be in talks about a plan to increase universal credit in the Budget next month, as a way of softening the blow of losing the £20-a-week uplift. He knows that once the £20 has gone, the best way of using extra resources in the benefits …

Boris Johnson refuses to say if he could live on Universal Credit
3 years, 6 months ago

Boris Johnson refuses to say if he could live on Universal Credit

The Independent  

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‘Unconscionable’ universal credit cut breaks human rights law, says UN envoy
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Unconscionable’ universal credit cut breaks human rights law, says UN envoy

The Independent  

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Cutting universal credit will crush Britain’s poorest – but at least Rishi Sunak got his new swimming pool
3 years, 6 months ago

Cutting universal credit will crush Britain’s poorest – but at least Rishi Sunak got his new swimming pool

The Independent  

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The coming battle over the cut in universal credit is a big test for Labour
3 years, 7 months ago

The coming battle over the cut in universal credit is a big test for Labour

The Independent  

Something unusual happened on Monday. Jonathan Reynolds, the shadow work and pensions secretary, delivered a speech in which he set out what a Labour government would do with universal credit, now the main benefit for the unemployed and those in low-paid work. Universal credit, by combining and simplifying benefits, was supposed to ease this problem, but it still results in …

Two-thirds back keeping £20 a week Universal Credit boost until economy improves
3 years, 7 months ago

Two-thirds back keeping £20 a week Universal Credit boost until economy improves

The Independent  

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Budget 2021: Tax and benefits tinkering offers temporary fix
4 years ago

Budget 2021: Tax and benefits tinkering offers temporary fix

The Independent  

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Number of universal credit claimants doubles since start of pandemic to 6 million, figures show
4 years, 1 month ago

Number of universal credit claimants doubles since start of pandemic to 6 million, figures show

The Independent  

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Surge in people unable to cover essential bills if universal credit uplift is removed, charity warns
4 years, 5 months ago

Surge in people unable to cover essential bills if universal credit uplift is removed, charity warns

The Independent  

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Four million families face ‘significant decline’ in income under plans to scrap universal credit increase
4 years, 5 months ago

Four million families face ‘significant decline’ in income under plans to scrap universal credit increase

The Independent  

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Universal credit payments will not be cut next spring, cabinet minister hints
4 years, 6 months ago

Universal credit payments will not be cut next spring, cabinet minister hints

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A cabinet minister has hinted that a temporary rise in universal …

Coronavirus: Millions of poorest families to lose £20 a week as Rishi Sunak fails to extend support
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus: Millions of poorest families to lose £20 a week as Rishi Sunak fails to extend support

The Independent  

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Coronavirus: Universal credit needs ‘emergency boost’ to stop thousands being plunged into poverty, union leaders warn
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: Universal credit needs ‘emergency boost’ to stop thousands being plunged into poverty, union leaders warn

The Independent  

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Universal credit to be scrapped by Labour government, Corbyn says
5 years, 6 months ago

Universal credit to be scrapped by Labour government, Corbyn says

The Independent  

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Universal credit crisis caused by Tories' £12bn of 'salami-sliced benefit cuts', says architect of policy
6 years, 5 months ago

Universal credit crisis caused by Tories' £12bn of 'salami-sliced benefit cuts', says architect of policy

The Independent  

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Universal credit leaves disabled people £300 a month worse off, report finds
6 years, 5 months ago

Universal credit leaves disabled people £300 a month worse off, report finds

The Independent  

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Labour would ditch universal credit as it's 'just not sustainable', John McDonnell says
6 years, 5 months ago

Labour would ditch universal credit as it's 'just not sustainable', John McDonnell says

The Independent  

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Pressure grows on Theresa May to ease pain of universal credit claimants after damning report
7 years, 5 months ago

Pressure grows on Theresa May to ease pain of universal credit claimants after damning report

The Independent  

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Here's how four million UK families have missed out on the benefits they're entitled to
7 years, 6 months ago

Here's how four million UK families have missed out on the benefits they're entitled to

The Independent  

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Universal Credit: Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reforms shelved by new Work and Pensions Secretary
8 years, 8 months ago

Universal Credit: Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reforms shelved by new Work and Pensions Secretary

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The rollout of the controversial Universal Credit scheme has been delayed …

Universal Credit: Changes urged as Government's flagship benefit reform 'veers off track'
8 years, 10 months ago

Universal Credit: Changes urged as Government's flagship benefit reform 'veers off track'

The Independent  

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Jeremy Corbyn says he will force a vote in Parliament on the Government’s PIP disability benefit cuts
9 years ago

Jeremy Corbyn says he will force a vote in Parliament on the Government’s PIP disability benefit cuts

The Independent  

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David Cameron's 'Help to Save' scheme was 'Labour's idea', party claim
9 years ago

David Cameron's 'Help to Save' scheme was 'Labour's idea', party claim

Daily Mail  

Prime Minister David Cameron said the new help to save policy in Wednesday's Budget was part of his 'all out assault on poverty' David Cameron today unveiled plans to hand up to 3.5 million of Britain's lowest paid workers up to £1,200 extra in their savings accounts. Mr Osborne added: 'This government is determined to improve the life chances of …

George Osborne’s disability benefits cuts to see ‘200,000 people lose £3,000 a year’
9 years ago

George Osborne’s disability benefits cuts to see ‘200,000 people lose £3,000 a year’

The Independent  

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George Osborne to use cut in disability benefits to 'fund middle-class tax giveaway'
9 years ago

George Osborne to use cut in disability benefits to 'fund middle-class tax giveaway'

The Independent  

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Iain Duncan Smith is offering £140,000 a year for someone to take charge of his troubled Universal Credit programme
9 years, 2 months ago

Iain Duncan Smith is offering £140,000 a year for someone to take charge of his troubled Universal Credit programme

The Independent  

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Iain Duncan Smith’s flagship Universal Credit roll-out is actually slowing
9 years, 5 months ago

Iain Duncan Smith’s flagship Universal Credit roll-out is actually slowing

The Independent  

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