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PIP Overhaul Put on Hold as Claimant’s Experience Fuels Scrutiny of DWP Assessments

Ministers have paused tighter PIP rules pending a co‑produced review with disabled groups.

Overview

  • DWP says a ministerial review of Personal Independence Payment assessments is under way and will be co‑produced with disabled people and representative organisations.
  • Officials state no eligibility changes will proceed until the review concludes, after reports said earlier plans could have excluded about 1.3 million new applicants.
  • Liverpool claimant Ron Farrington, 65, says his initial PIP application was refused but a tribunal nearly a year later awarded standard daily living and enhanced mobility.
  • Farrington describes a degrading face‑to‑face exam in which he lost bladder control yet received no points for that section, highlighting ongoing concerns about how assessments are conducted.
  • Coverage notes March proposals included a four‑point threshold for daily living tasks; Farrington fears losing about £300 a month under such rules, though ministers previously said changes would apply only to new claims.