Extended Award Durations: To reduce the assessment backlog, the DWP is moving towards longer award periods. For many claimants aged 25 and over, new awards will now last a minimum of three years, ...

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Adult Disability Payment (ADP) will be worth between £30.30 and £194.60 per week in the 2026/27 financial year.

A number of changes affecting disability benefit PIP are expected in 2026. The government failed to garner the support to make cuts to the personal independence payment (PIP) benefit this summer, ...

Liz Kendall said the first tranche of proposed changes to PIP will be announced in the spring. (PA Images via Getty Images) Significant changes are coming to personal independence payments (PIP) in ...

This breaks down to 1,961,029 claimants awarded the enhanced payment of £77.05 weekly, and 1,111,219 receiving the standard ...

Keir Starmer is reportedly pushing forward with plans to cut personal independence payments. (Getty) Speculation that the government could be making further plans to cut disability benefits following ...

Thousands across Scotland, England and Wales could qualify for a Blue Badge even without Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Adult Disability Payment. Councils can award permits under rules many ...

Many people will be unaware of the non-benefit route to potential support ...

A report commissioned by the DWP found that 52 per cent of health assessors left the role in a year, with many leaving the profession altogether ...

A number of changes affecting disability benefit PIP are coming in 2026. The government committed to reviewing the disability benefit after it failed to garner the support to make cuts to PIP this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Keir Starmer is reportedly pushing forward with plans to cut personal independence payments. (Getty) (Leon Neal via Getty Images) ...