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DWP Confirms April PIP Rise With New 2026 Rates

Ministers are reviewing disability benefits with proposals for stricter, points-based assessments later this year.

Timms Review Invites Public Evidence on PIP Through May 28

Timms Review Issues First Update, Finalising 12-Member Steering Group on PIP

MPs Warn DWP’s PIP Delays Are Driving Disabled Claimants Into Poverty

DWP Extends PIP Review Cycles and Expands In-Person Assessments From 2026

PIP/ADP Support Tops 4.37 Million With 3.8% April Uplift as PIP Changes Paused

DWP Counts 1.7 Million Attendance Allowance Recipients as Scotland Shifts New Claims to PADP

UK Sets Autumn 2026 Deadline for Timms Review of PIP, Including Mobility Criteria

UK Launches First Full Review of PIP, Appoints External Co-Chairs

Government Launches Co‑Produced PIP Review, Appoints Two Co‑Chairs

Biddulph Man Jailed for PIP Fraud After Undercover DWP Footage

DWP Confirms PIP Uprating to September Inflation as Review Pauses Reforms

PIP Mobility Rules Put Under DWP Review, Changes Deferred Until Next Autumn

PIP Eligibility Changes Paused After Clause Dropped as Timms Leads Co-Produced Review

PIP Approvals Fall to 41% in Latest Quarter as Think Tank Urges Cuts to Milder Mental-Health Awards

DWP Imposes NDAs on Disability Panel During PIP Review

DWP Clarifies Attendance Allowance Rules and Trials Limited Online Applications

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

FOI Shows PIP Face-to-Face Assessments Rarely Recorded as DWP Seeks Opt‑Out System

Pensioners With Eye Conditions Urged to Claim Attendance Allowance Worth Up to £441 Every Four Weeks