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Please see these articles and Video regarding the Work Cability Assessment WCA Changes high court case the DWP lost:https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-disability-benefits-reforms-consultation-ruling/
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/dwp-loses-wca-changes-high-court-battle
DWP Loses Again in Landmark High Court Ruling Video:https://youtu.be/ypjLyMqtHnU?si=D1Q1adbvKX_-Ap3e
Please see this Video in relation to getting your PIP Claim with advice such as getting permission to record your interview assessment with the DWP, and making sure you record it:https://youtube.com/watch?v=epCTYdbtP1I&si=RvmDB8nD136THD_z
Win your PIP Benefits in 2025 Video link
Please see these articles and Videos below related to benefits and pensions and other changes:
https://youtu.be/Y5Ke8ELaDxo?si=B1kAa_NckZFjjBsTNHS GP Appointment Changes February 2025 video
Massive Blue badge update Pensioners to get amazing perks:https://youtu.be/zyp3oyX7hEE?si=aDO0XihIF5fLdflM
labour attacks disabled again in this Video when he mentions ESA he actually meant DLA I believe it was posted on the video comments:https://youtu.be/n1Tz58mW_lA?si=Yp0fFl3fJXnZ6eKJ
https://ifs.org.uk/articles/rachel-reeves-new-year-predicament
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/cost-of-living/dwp-could-make-significant-cuts-9856724
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/rachel-reeves-hotel-tax-disability-welfare-cuts-frantic-bid-stabilise-finances/
Changes to PIP and ADP January 2025 the facts Video:https://youtu.be/R9nar85kmw0?si=FDSTmS_2rfVmsaHs
Universal credit £1.50 uplift piles new budget pressure on Reeves:https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/benefits-uplift-piles-new-budget-pressure-reeves-3328152
Reeves Must not ask the poor and vulnerable to pay for her mistakes:https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/rachel-reeves-china-trip-budget-tax-rises-b2677897.html
State pensioners set for £150 boost after winter fuel payment change:https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1999858/state-pensioners-automatic-150-boost-energy-bills
DWP contacts pensioners to award winter fuel payment and says Very Sorry: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2000073/dwp-very-sorry-officials-contact-pensioner-award-winter-fuel-payment
Please see these benefits related articles see below:
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-full-list-benefits-rising-30699344
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/dwp-benefit-payment-up-500-30702554
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dwp-cost-of-living-payments-pensions-benefits-b2673947.html
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-issue-free-75-payments-30703810
Please see this other article regarding DWP £25 cold weather payment boost for state pensioners after January Cold Spell:https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/state-pensioners-could-dwp-cash-30708814
Please see these articles regarding DWP powers to check benefit claimant bank accounts for fraud and this article about January 2025 dates for benefits and Pensions as Labour to launch Disability Consultation, and an article related to £25 cold whether payments as temperatures start falling, and this article about £434 Payments being made to Pensioners with 10 Specific health conditions see below:
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1995208/dwp-payment-benefit-health-conditions
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-cold-weather-payments-triggered-34416039
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-use-new-powers-check-9833555
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-soon-deploy-new-powers-9834459
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-bank-account-checks-warning-30699620
Please see these articles regarding DWP stopping or reducing PIP for almost 900,000 people in Britain and Long term Social Care Reform being unlikely before 2028 see below: https://www.mylondon.news/news/cost-of-living/dwp-stopping-reducing-pip-payments-30693581.amp
Social care reforms in pipeline for 2028, say ministers - BBC News https://apple.news/ASWv75vutSVKZ34EQ7p7x2w
Please see these articles regarding Pensions and Benefits changes including PIP coming in 2025:https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/everything-you-need-know-2025-30676815
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dwp-benefit-pension-changes-coming-30695641
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1994748/DWP-PIP-changes-benefits/amp
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-stops-pip-628000-claimants-30687619.amp
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/dwp-payments-change-thousands-2025-30687699
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-and-pension-rates-2025-to-2026
Please see this article regarding a DWP State Pension boost where thousands get back payments up to £11,905:https://www.gbnews.com/money/dwp-state-pension-boost-hmrc-correction-excercise#:~:text=Category%20D%20(Cat%20D)%20%2D,(2024%2F25%20weekly%20rate)
Please see this video regarding the 1.7% PIP payment increase in April 2025:https://youtu.be/zZDXB9NwFFY?si=S70ENfmkzMjZ8XLR DWP PIP Benefit News in 2025
Please see these articles relating to PIP,State Pensions age increase and changes to Universal Credit, and this article about Attendance allowance as well as the article regarding support for people with back, muscle and joint issues. See below:https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1985981/dwp-pip-conditions/amp
https://www.gbnews.com/money/state-pension-age-rise-universal-credit-poverty
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1993382/dwp-attendance-allowance-increase-2025-rates/amp
https://www.gbnews.com/money/state-pension-age-rise-universal-credit-poverty
Please see these articles regarding payments of benefits over the holiday period and benefit changes:https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-2024-christmas-new-year-9800015
https://www.iciam2011.com/dwp-removes-pip-payments-for-220000-people/
https://www.iciam2011.com/dwp-pip-rule-change-could-entitle-some-claimants/
Please see this gov.uk article regarding Universal Credit payments this December.
Please see these articles regarding articles relating to State Pensions, PIP, DLA, Attendance Allowance and Universal Credit and other benefits below:
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/dwp-hmrc-benefits-payment-dates-30591838
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/dwp-two-digit-state-pension-30587970
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-december-2024-payment-changes-30578272
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/pip-dla-attendance-allowance-extra-9698258
https://www.gbnews.com/money/dwp-change-payment-dates-universal-credit-state-pension-full-list
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-merge-two-key-benefits-30601347
https://en.econostrum.info/pip-how-2025-increase-will-affect-claimants/
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1989884/pensioners-blast-labour-government-over
https://www.gbnews.com/money/state-pension-age-rise-universal-credit-poverty
Please see this article regarding the DWP taking £250 Million away from 136,730 people and the Winter Fuel Warning article about Labour leaving 750 Thousand Pensioners in the Cold:
https://www.lancs.live/news/uk-world-news/dwp-take-back-250million-136730-30558435
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1988967/tories-winter-fuel-pension-credit-helen-whately
Please see this article regarding a DWP text message warning to protect pensioners and those on benefits from a fraudulent text message scam, if you get a text asking for payment details do not share them:https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/dwp-text-message-warning-claimants-34283632
Please see this article recommending new parents to apply to Child benefit for their children’s first Christmas:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/get-your-child-benefit-claim-wrapped-up-for-babys-first-christmas
Please see these articles and videos regarding Universal Credit, pensions and other benefits and the changes announced in the October 2024 Budget:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/15-million-funding-boost-to-help-to-claim-as-government-ramps-up-move-to-universal-credit
DWP benefit Fraud bias video link: https://youtu.be/hBXTPRt60I8?si=OK1KXrc9-9D2lBMN
New hidden Rule could boost your state Pension video link: https://youtu.be/L2l0SOkFQ0A?si=WKYdOfVf9oFf-g4A
DWP Christmas bonus payments 2024 exact payment dates for millions os seniors video link:
https://youtu.be/3cTLtboSPMk?si=oLYBFdr4szHiekwS
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/what-the-autumn-budget-2024-means-for-you/#:~:text=If%20you%20get%20benefits%2C%20the,Benefit%20will%20also%20go%20up
https://contact.org.uk/about-contact/news-and-views/benefit-changes-announced-in-yesterdays-autumn-budget/#:~:text=State%20Retirement%20Pension%20and%20Pension,will%20only%20increase%20by%201.7%25
Please be aware I am only sharing these videos for information purposes I don’t mean to mislead or misinform anyone.
Please see these articles relating to PIP, the migration to Universal credit other benefits and additional information about Universal Credit below: https://en.econostrum.info/pip-claimants-163-boost-exact-date-details/#:~:text=PIP%20claimants%20can%20expect%20the,for%20changes%20in%20the%20economy
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-pip-claimants-benefit-payment-30542331.amp
https://en.econostrum.info/dwp-to-phase-out-benefits-before-2025/
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/dwp-scrap-six-benefits-millions-30518598
Please see these articles regarding the DWP warning Brits of being at risk of losing benefits over Christmas due to the managed migration to Universal Credit:https://en.econostrum.info/dwp-warns-thousands-brits-risk-losing-benefits/
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-warning-universal-credit-30534783
Also see this article regarding a DWP explanation of how much money Pensioners can save before losing benefits: https://www.mylondon.news/news/cost-of-living/dwp-explains-how-much-money-30494508
Please see below these recent articles from the 2nd and 4th December regarding the payment of benefits in December and another article regarding potential benefit changes and the Video regarding the Early payment of PIP in December 2024:https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-boss-issues-new-pledge-30481336
DWP dates for Universal credit, benefits and pensions:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dwp-news-cost-of-living-payment-pensions-benefits-b2658478.html
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/cost-of-living/dwp-hmrc-full-list-christmas-9763099
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/pip-dla-claimants-see-two-30511103
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/dwp-benefits-including-pip-dla-30520719
PIP Early Payment in December 2024 Video link:https://youtube.com/watch?v=L3DS4NbqSXc&si=NRZEYH5wTF5hUFZV
Please see these articles regarding universal credit and Pension change in December and Pensioners to receive £175 payment in place of winter fuel payments as well as air fryers and slow cookers:https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-hands-out-175-payments-34245784
https://www.gbnews.com/money/state-pension-universal-credit-payment-date-change-bank-holiday
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/state-pensioners-universal-credit-claimants-30512181.amp
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-bringing-big-change-universal-30512670
Also DWP issue warning for people on these six benefits see article for more information:https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-issues-warning-anyone-claiming-30492171
Please see this article regarding the DWP being under fire for the enormous wait faced by PIP Claimants and the articles regarding payment of the Christmas Bonus: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1982647/pip-review-assessment-delay
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1983182/state-pensioners-dwp-Christmas-Bonus
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-christmas-bonus-payment-land-30497381
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-sending-christmas-bonus-week-34231996
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-starts-adding-bonus-payments-30495989
Please help my friend Oliver in obtaining a usable wheelchair any contributions you can make are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!!!!!! The Crowdfunder link is accessible until 15th December 2024 https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/helping-oliver-to-replace-incompatible-wheechair
Please see this GB News article regarding payment of the cold weather payments into accounts including those for people with certain post codes for the first time:https://www.gbnews.com/money/cold-weather-payments-full-list-postcodes-eligible
Please see this video regarding Rule Changes to NHS GP Appointments from December 2024:https://youtu.be/6u1zvuBDpsg?si=2xkgz__QTMO1jewi
Please see these articles related to benefits and the governments return to Work Plan, the Telegraph article asks for an email address to keep reading I’m sorry I couldn’t share the whole article:
https://en.econostrum.info/uk-dwp-claimants-lose-benefits-get-britain/
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/keir-starmer-benefits-crackdown-dwp-backlash/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/26/starmer-dodges-crackdown-on-sickness-benefits/
Please see these articles regarding the Cold Weather Payments and £300 DWP Payment which is to help boost income over the Winter now that the Winter Fuel Payment has been stopped for many people, see if you are eligible for this £300 payment:
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/new-dwp-cost-living-payments-30428965
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/money/automatic-dwp-300-payment-entering-30396058
Please see these articles regarding the Christmas bonus payment and the Winter fuel payment and these videos regarding the Winter Fuel and payment of benefits in December:https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/state-pensioners-can-winter-fuel-30417671.amp
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/major-update-over-10-christmas-30417325
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/cost-of-living/dwp-christmas-bonus-2024-date-30406934.amp
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-makes-bombshell-admission-over-30407844
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/state-pensioners-could-winter-fuel-30370764
DWP £370 Winter fuel payment disbursement date, eligibility and how to qualify video:https://youtu.be/iI3y915wnS8?si=LXkcREaNERr8plsc
HMRC and DWP update December early payment dates for benefits video:https://youtu.be/NIcr8slB-Q4?si=-grsF-vFUZj8v82u
Please See this article about a DWP Fake text warning for PIP, Pensions, Universal credit and other benefits:https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/dwp-issues-urgent-warning-claimants-34131205.amp
Please see this article about Universal Credit claimants being issued a back to work update and this Video regarding an update to the back to work White Paper:https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1977787/universal-credit-claimants-disability-benefit-recipients-issued-update-work-plans
Update on the get Britain working White Paper Video link:https://youtu.be/_YHhPrnvDXI?si=-NgPs8kM0Do0QkrS
Please see these articles and Video regarding PIP and the Christmas bonus payment: https://inews.co.uk/news/pip-vouchers-lose-independence-3386564
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-benefits-qualify-christmas-bonus-30392440
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/what-dwp-christmas-bonus-should-30395815
455,000 people were awarded PIP because of this see video link:https://youtu.be/BhgbbV6oqFs?si=nkslpUnXk7udzSdP
Please see this recent article regarding Young People having to do training or risk having their benefits cut according to Liz Kendall:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/18/young-unemployed-must-do-training-or-face-benefits-cut/
Please see this article and video below regarding the reopening of investigations into the DWP Safeguarding Failures:https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mps-reopen-inquiry-into-dwp-safeguarding-failures-that-led-to-countless-deaths/#:~:text=MPs%20reopen%20inquiry%20into%20DWP%20safeguarding%20failures%20that%20led%20to%20countless%20deaths,-By%20John%20Pring&text=Relatives%20of%20disabled%20people%20whose,department's%20years%20of%20safeguarding%20failures
Inquiry into DWP Deaths reopens video
https://youtu.be/8FVqi4rMt4U?si=Z6YUoeDKHUnLRNOy
International Day of Disabled People is on 3 December, and it’s an opportunity for us to demand change.
Sign your name to light up your area, and show that there’s strength in numbers ⬇️
https://brnw.ch/21wODuz
Please see this video regarding Stephen Timms being quizzed over PIP:https://youtu.be/y1TRxl4GYuM?si=Ci7TawomQmKbLqMm
Please see this article regarding a DWP PIP update:https://en.econostrum.info/dwp-new-update-pip-cash-payments-vouchers/ and This video on help with applying for PIP:https://youtu.be/XlZ5kiKGbG4?si=i7k9SCC_urYHWbAM
Please also see these articles regarding the managed migration from Legacy benefits to Universal credit with the Migration expected to be completed between March 2025 and March/April 2026 with Migration notices continuing to be issued throughout December 2025 see more information below:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/dwp-to-phase-out-six-legacy-benefits-and-will-formally-close-payments/ar-AA1u4Orj?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=520904992345496aa6a5a7229cf49ab5&ei=10
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/over-quarter-million-households-benefit-34110468
Here are articles regarding the State Pension:https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/state-pensioners-born-after-1945-30368763
Please see these PIP and Universal Credit articles and this video regarding Liz Kendall and PIP, however do not worry nothing is certain with Labours plans for Welfare benefits especially when it comes to PIP see below:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-speeds-up-universal-credit-34091420
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/failing-report-changes-dwp-could-9711513
Liz Kendall Confronted over PIP Vouchers video:https://youtu.be/NsDWFBNhwm4?si=r3wQPU7d2abTShcZ
Please see these article’s regarding PIP payments and the Christmas Bonus Payment: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1974508/pip-benefit-stopped-DWP-mistake/amp
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-could-stop-pip-payments-30345292.amp
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-issues-update-over-increasing-30341161
Pensioners Warned about Winter fuel Payments and other possible changes see articles for more information:https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/state-pensioners-warned-130-taken-30345644
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/cost-of-living/dwp-issues-new-winter-fuel-9704814
https://www.gbnews.com/money/winter-fuel-payment-pension-eligibility-dwp
Please see this article regarding the Managed Migration to Universal Credit from other legacy benefits such as ESA, Housing Benefit, Job Seekers Allowance, Income Support, Tax Credit and Child tax Credit:https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/millions-people-contacted-dwp-over-34037999
Also see this PIP and other benefits related articles and this video regarding Benefit reviews:https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/cost-of-living/dwp-could-give-people-pip-9698615
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-pip-payments-rise-april-9700936
DWP Criteria into death reviews made harderVideo:https://youtu.be/HUM8ctDwFSU?si=GH29CeDOnmZhglVR
Please see this article and Video regarding a Blind Woman who was denied Benefits, her ESA claim was rejected by the DWP because she attended her assessment with the help of her mother: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/09/blind-woman-denied-benefits-because-she-attended-dwp-interview-with-help-of-mother
DWP Deny Women Benefits for getting help video:https://youtu.be/8aJP97l6fFo?si=iy0wXwb2pSDjt52i
Please see these articles and video regarding DWP Benefits:https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-breaks-silence-over-increasing-30319273
DWP Harassed Single mother over Bank checks Video:https://youtu.be/Qnt-f1SgEgU?si=fTFwE-VFp7D44H2O
Please see this article regarding payment of benefits for December 2024:https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/full-list-dwp-hmrc-benefits-30316141
Please see this benefits related article and video: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-offering-eight-pip-payment-30310747
DWP are falling disabled and long term sick Workers video:https://youtu.be/OZ4z5uDVCrs?si=xBdjZvpNfCNgtPL0
Please see these articles and YouTube Videos Benefits, Pensions and the Motability Scheme and the Work Capability Assessment below:
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-says-new-rates-hit-30315962
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/new-pip-payment-rates-dwp-34037194
https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment/when-youll-get-paid
DWP Announces 3 New State Pension Rules 2025- what every pensioner must know video: https://youtu.be/sdRvyHyoD-k?si=7FStJK_DuwSpX5Nk
Pensions means test update video:https://youtu.be/32hd0tsqizI?si=2NaJwHZCbrnO38GE
Labour Shocking Disability Assessment updates you won’t believe:https://youtu.be/zGDVxJcFU6M?si=C6u4nE_CJ678i0gD
https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/resources/work-capability-assessment General information.
DWP extending one off £750 Payment for people on these two benefits:
https://youtu.be/aGsU-dHLjUE?si=XtuFwD81YJk1zEWD
https://news.motability.co.uk/scheme-news/weve-extended-the-new-vehicle-payment-to-2024-for-new-customers/
https://www.riversidemotors.co.uk/blog/corporate-news/understanding-the-new-motability-customer-payment/
Please see this article and YouTube Video regarding DWP Benefit reforms facing a legal challenge Video:https://youtu.be/xW2JZqQAw6g?si=HczUKjFa44KtOGSd
Article:https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-disability-benefit-reforms-cuts/
Please see this recent article and YouTube video regarding a unexpected PIP call that a claimant received:https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/pip-claimant-worried-after-being-30260272
Unexpected PIP Call concern video:https://youtu.be/29qNMAJf0TY?si=D8oHmThHxBPlvD65
Here is another article regarding the PIP Claim success rate for different conditions don’t give up on your right to claim PIP:https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/personal-independence-payment-pip/success-rates
Please see this recent article regarding the Winter Fuel Payment for Pensioners:https://www.mylondon.news/news/cost-of-living/pensioners-given-winter-fuel-payment-30288323
Please have a look at these recent articles regarding Welfare and Pensions and the 2024 Budget from this week:Rachel Reeves: I’ll get growth through reform of pensions and welfare - The Times and The Sunday Times https://apple.news/AychqSoluSCGll16_oHnNTA There is going to be a White Paper regarding Benefits.
https://policyinpractice.co.uk/sickness-benefits-will-be-an-issue-for-autumn-budget-2024-and-beyond/
Please see this recent YouTube Video warning about a Winter Fuel Payment Scam be careful everyone: https://youtu.be/dlkKD5TXOrw?si=W92V1N1Jufswq1Gg
Please see this video posted recently on YouTube titled UK Seniors Big State Pension surprise! DWP Confirms Big Changes 2024 New Checks and Starmer’s Move:https://youtu.be/FQC6KIH_BBU?si=ZLXlaZVI2JdpdDq2
Please see these benefits related articles from this week and one Scope article from July 2024 which is likely to relate to one of the YouTube videos:https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/money/everyone-pip-dla-carers-allowance-30267117 £10 Christmas Bonus
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/cost-of-living/dwp-could-make-huge-change-30254547
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/cost-of-living/dwp-looking-make-big-change-30242662
https://www.scope.org.uk/news-and-stories/what-is-happening-to-pip
DWP looking to make big changes to PIP to Modernise system:
https://youtu.be/RGqwE372bjQ?si=GJbzFM4jZvsfeDnl
DWP Announces Two Major Bank account checks for 2025 is your account ready?:https://youtu.be/vAfHOFANljY?si=cpI1bvizMLwIjgHF
Please see this Big Issue article and the YouTube video regarding the budgets effect on benefits including the previously mentioned DWP Bank account checks and another article regarding Universal credit and the DWP crackdown on benefit fraud:https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-bank-accounts-benefit-fraud-crackdown/
DWP Bank checks update video:https://youtu.be/CShAhS5R93I?si=ZPaczsb3v3RBZu1p
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/autumn-budget-benefit-changes-universal-credit/
Please see these articles and videos regarding Pensions and Benefits and the work Capability Assessment and the effects of the Budget on personal finances:https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/major-update-over-dwp-bank-30263303
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/only-benefit-safe-dwp-bank-30207934
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-announces-crackdown-threatens-claimants-30263116
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-giving-out-812-payment-30180198
Budget 2024 what you need to know video:https://youtu.be/c_c1LEa7Rs4?si=6IirzbWsKfAvNLVB
Changes to work Capability Assessment Video:https://youtu.be/Wdub4DBEZp8?si=c5LpV1vDmISPHAC8
Older brits to get £460 one off payment by 1st January 2025: https://youtu.be/uTg6Bj6teu8?si=xGSdS_KGhapWaqI6
Please be aware this is information I recently found and changes may occur and I don’t intend to give any misleading information by sharing these, but just be careful.
Please see these articles DWP sheds light on 200 million plan to modernise state pensions and nine other benefits:https://www.publictechnology.net/2024/10/28/society-and-welfare/digital-with-a-human-touch-dwp-sheds-light-on-200m-plan-to-modernise-state-pension-and-nine-other-benefits/
DWP Confirms the date Winter Fuel Payments will enter People’s bank accounts:https://www.mylondon.news/news/cost-of-living/dwp-confirms-exact-date-winter-30255649
Please see this Universal credit shakeup article about £420 payment boost:https://www.gbnews.com/money/budget2024-universal-credit-dwp-rachel-reeves#:~:text=This%20move%2C%20known%20as%20the,%2C%20overpayments%2C%20and%20utility%20arrears
Martin Lewis MSE says DWP Sending households £4,250:https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1968189/martin-lewis-mse-dwp-households/amp
Please see these articles regarding this Major update in the legal fight to reinstate the Winter Fuel Payment:https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/major-update-issued-legal-fight-33983061
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-issues-major-update-over-30243624
Please see these articles regarding PIP and DLA Claimants one off £750 payment for leasing a vehicle or accessible wheelchair for the first time through the Mobility Scheme: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1968031/dwp-pip-dla-750-payment
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/money/dwp-pip-dla-claimants-issued-30235863
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/money/dwp-reveals-those-most-likely-30217952?int_source=nba
Please see these articles regarding the DWP saying that 2 groups can make £100-£300 Winter fuel payment phone call from tomorrow 28th October2024 and The Two things to do before Labour’s Budget next week: https://www.mylondon.news/news/cost-of-living/dwp-says-two-groups-can-30238815
Please see these Articles relating to Financial support for PIP claimants and a survey where the DWP is asking PIP claimants to detail their disability costs as Labour plans PIP reforms, and information on support for Pensioners in relation to the Winter Fuel Payment changes see links below:
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/pip-claimants-asked-disability-costs-30228211
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-pip-claimants-can-12-30226909
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/pensioners-who-lost-dwp-winter-33955244
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/government-to-trumpet-500m-bills-aid-from-energy-suppliers-amid-winter-fuel-row-13241626
Please see this advice from a PIP Assessor found on the Benefits Advice UK Reddit group: https://www.reddit.com/r/BenefitsAdviceUK/s/ekN6scSaz5
Some advice about PIP (from an assessor)
Hello people of this sub! I work as a PIP assessor and I’m writing this from a throwaway as I’m not one for leaving much of a digital footprint but I do lurk here on my main and I thought it would be useful to make a post to highlight some common questions/posts I see on this sub and also to clarify a few things about the process.
I know the process is quite long, and I do sympathise that gathering the evidence, filling out the form and having an assessment can all be really difficult things to do so I do get that it can be very disheartening when it comes back and you’ve not scored as highly as you would have thought. There’s already a lot of good information linked in the wiki so please do have a look at that as well.
The overarching theme with PIP is it is an assessment of your **functional ability to carry out day-to-day activities.** This is based on the nature of your condition, your symptoms and how they fluctuate, and how this limits you day-to-day in the 12 Activities. We look at and assess all the conditions listed on your form, but the end result is one PIP payment (broken into daily living and mobility), i.e. you don't get a payment per condition, everything is considered as a whole. **Edited to add:** As mentioned earlier PIP looks at specific activities, so your assessment needs to consider these activities and not just evidence the condition itself. So a few things to consider:
1. Additional Evidence. While having some additional evidence to support your claims is good, you really don’t need to be sending in pages and pages of documents that all confirm the same thing. What we look for is how relevant it is, how recently it was written/provided, who it was written by, and any specific information that correlates with the restriction. An example would be a Learning Support Plan from school that specifies how you were taught e.g. you had 1:1 support because you would otherwise be unable to participate in class due to overwhelming distress. When thinking about the evidence you’re submitting I would think about how it is relevant to support a specific restriction. A letter from your doctor written 6 years ago saying that you have back pain and take XYZ medications isn’t really helpful because there are too many things that could have changed from then to now so I wouldn’t really consider it.
2. Be specific with your symptoms. An example of this that I see a lot is anxiety – going outside makes me anxious, opening bills makes me anxious etc. The word anxious isn’t enough, we need you to specify the symptoms of anxiety you get, and these differ with everyone and vary from mild to extreme distress. When you say anxious and we ask for more information what you need to be saying is the physical way your anxiety makes you feel eg heart racing, shaking, clammy, vomiting.
3. This one was a bit tricky to word properly, but the descriptor choice isn’t based on what you tell us you do, it’s based on what you could do given the opportunity – so on the surface I know it sounds a bit odd and potentially unfair, but it can work both ways, and in my opinion it’s to ensure that we are selecting the most appropriate descriptor. Now me as an assessor I want to give the claimant the chance to support why they need support and I have to be able to evidence why the lesser descriptor wouldn’t be advised. So for example if you say you need physical support with something I would need to evidence why using aids wouldn’t be enough. This isn’t supposed to be a way of catching you out but more of a way to justify the higher choice. I’ve also been in many situations where the opposite has been the case and someone is telling me that they are managing independently, but when I dig a bit deeper they would benefit from having additional support and they end up scoring higher, so it can work either way.
4. Fluctuations and majority of days. In order to meet the descriptor you have to show that your condition limits that activity on the majority of days. Say for example a person with fibromyalgia is able to independently mobilise for a day, but then the next 2 days they can barely get out of bed then it would be reasonable to score them higher as over the course of a week they not be able to independently mobilise on the majority of days. I think this is an area that catches people out as the criteria states the restriction needs to be there 50% of the time or more.
5. ADHD. I’ve seen a lot of posts about people not scoring for ADHD and let me tell you it is often a difficult one. I actually have a bug bear about this as a whole the way that PIP/DWP views this condition because I don’t think it’s all that accurate, and something that I see often is a report that states that because Person A is able to keep up with their hobby of stamp collecting that they don’t have any restriction to needing support with finances (a completely made up example btw), without taking into account that one of the main things about people with ADHD is that yes it can be easy to keep up with things they enjoy but because the things they don’t enjoy don’t give that dopamine hit it then becomes a massive task for them that often gets left or forgotten, and that having support with this would be really beneficial. I think the difficulty with this is in part a lack of understanding of the condition on the assessors part, a quite strict set of criteria for the descriptors, and to be frank a poor societal view of ADHD as a whole. Lets take medication as an example of an Activity that might be restricted with ADHD, someone might need to set multiple alarms and have someone physically remind them to take their medication otherwise they’ll forget and not do it. Now if I was assessing maybe I would score for this (depending on how it was evidenced), but a lot of assessors I’m sure wouldn’t and would justify it by saying that using an alarm doesn’t count as an aid, which isn't necessarily wrong either. I think with the increased prevalence of ADHD and associated neurodevelopmental disorders things will eventually change within these assessments, but I don’t think that change will happen anytime soon unfortunately, and when carrying out assessments for these conditions there is a lot of grey area
I would also like to add that like with everything there is a range of assessors from good to bad, and I do apologise for the bad ones. I would like to believe the majority of us are really trying to help you, after all we have mostly if not all come from healthcare backgrounds where compassion and empathy are key. I can’t speak for others but I know when I am doing an assessment I ask a lot of ‘why is that?’ and ‘how do you that?’ questions because ***I*** ***want to give you the higher descriptor*** and I want to give you the opportunity to give me that information. If there is no evidence that specifically relates to a particular activity I won’t be able to justify the higher descriptor choice so while I know the questions can be frustrating please try and be specific with the information. I would like to make a follow up post with some more information but will see what the feedback from this one is first
Edited for grammar and also to add; I've written this up in good faith, to try and be helpful and to try and provide some information. Hopefully for the majority of people here it has been beneficial, but I am always mindful of people trying to use these types of posts as cheat sheets. I would caution against trying to make your condition fit into every activity as this will only make it harder for you to legitimise your restrictions. Please be honest when filling out the forms, and consider the activities that are restricted by your condition and try and evidence this in your assessment.
Also see these articles regarding DWP Benefit Payments:https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-sending-out-free-bonuses-30217679.amp
Please see this video regarding DWP PIP Case Managers being exposed:https://youtu.be/rlG7d-kkX6s?si=4470nF7uXjkooNR
Also see this article regarding a £450 bonus payment being made by the DWP and see if you are eligible for this support: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1966163/dwp-alert-475-cash-bonus
Please see these articles regarding the Winter Fuel Payment for Pensioners:https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1965463/dwp-send-winter-fuel-payment-letters-12-7-million-peopl-october-2024
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/thousands-who-missed-out-dwp-33952898.amp