DWP timeline as PIP changes delayed View 2 Images

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has recently confirmed that no alterations to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will be implemented until a "thorough review" of the disability benefit concludes, which is anticipated by next autumn.

Social Security and Disability Minister Sir Stephen Timms will jointly lead the review alongside disabled people, representative bodies, specialists and additional stakeholders, reports the Daily Record . These remarks were made in a written reply to Conservative MP Blake Stephenson, who had enquired about the "potential impact of the Personal Independence Payments Bill on public finances". View 2 Images

Sir Stephen said: "Clause 5 of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment

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