Overview

• 430,000 potential PIP applicants are predicted to fail the new criteria and face average annual losses of £4,500.
• People of State Pension age will remain exempt from the tougher assessments, and all PIP payments will stay non-means-tested while adjusting with inflation.
• The DWP has scrapped proposals to replace cash benefits with vouchers and will boost face-to-face assessments to replace most remote evaluations.
• Analysis shows claimants with chronic pain syndromes, cardiovascular diseases and arthritis are disproportionately likely to fall below the four-point threshold.
• Campaigners warn some local authorities count PIP as income for Council Tax Reduction, which could further reduce support for low-income claimants.