Tag Archives: PIP
Kerbs count in PIP mobility test
Disability Rights UK news item: Kerbs count in PIP mobility test, 1 June 2016: PIP mobility test must take into account ability to negotiate kerbs A new legal judgment published today holds that the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) “moving around” … Continue reading
New PIP appeals guide
Advicenow produced a new PIP appeals guide on 26 May 2016: How to Win a PIP Appeal This guide is for everybody who got thinks the DWP made the wrong decision about their application for PIP. It is produced by … Continue reading
Moving from DLA to PIP: impact survey needs participants
Disability Rights UK news report, 11 May 2016: Moving from DLA to PIP: DBC impact survey 11 May 2016 This Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) survey is about the experiences of people who were claiming Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and then … Continue reading
DWP ‘is deliberately misleading’ benefit claimants over PIP deadline
Disability news service article, by John Pring, 28 April 2016: DWP ‘is deliberately misleading’ benefit claimants over PIP deadline The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it is deliberately misleading benefit claimants into thinking they have … Continue reading
Capita faces fresh calls to be stripped of PIP contracts after documentary
Disability news service article, by John Pring, 14 April 2016: Capita faces fresh calls to be stripped of PIP contracts after documentary One of the three outsourcing giants that assesses people for their eligibility for disability benefits is facing calls … Continue reading
Undercover TV programme reveals PIP assessment horrors
The great benefits row: Ade Adepitan reveals disturbing sides to the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefit. Dispatches goes undercover in Capita, a 4 billion pound company who assess the disabled for benefits, and discovers unprofessional conduct from one of … Continue reading
Standard of ESA & PIP assessments unacceptable says Public Accounts Committee
Disability Rights UK article, 31 March 2016: Standard of ESA and PIP assessments unacceptable says Public Accounts Committee The private companies carrying out Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) assessments are still failing to meet acceptable … Continue reading
Disability cuts ‘a suggestion’, cabinet minister Nicky Morgan says
BBC news: Disability cuts ‘a suggestion’, cabinet minister Nicky Morgan says 18 March 2016 Plans in the Budget to cut disability benefits, which have sparked threats of a Tory revolt, are “a suggestion”, cabinet minister Nicky Morgan has said. The proposals … Continue reading
