New work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden has said the welfare system still needs reform (PA) Reforms to personal independence payments (PIP) will carry on in a “different way” to before, the new ...

Benefits claimants can expect some key payment changes in 2026. Universal credit claimants, for example, will get a ...

Personal Independence Payment recipients may want to familiarise themselves with changes that don't require reporting to the ...

A new benefit that would replace the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for millions of people in the UK has been proposed by a panel of independent experts. Claimed by 3.7 million people, PIP is one ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced benefit increases from April including PIP, Universal Credit and Child Benefit in the Budget, with the two-child cap abolished ...

Chancellor unveiled a £15 billion benefits spending spree in Wednesday's Budget, with payments boosted and the two child beenfit cap abolished ...

Cuts to housing benefits and an increase in the state pension age have been blamed for an estimated £900m rise in disability ...

The concession was announced by Sir Stephen Timms in the middle of the debate on the legislation, alongside a new review into ...

Rachel Reeves has indicated further cuts to welfare are likely under this Labour government as she looks ahead to her second autumn Budget. The chancellor has indicated that more tax rises and ...

The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show there were more than 3.8 million people in claim for PIP at the end of July. A successful claim for PIP is worth between £29.20 ...

People out of work with mental health issues, such as anxiety, face losing their benefits under major reforms to the welfare ...

Reforms to personal independence payments (PIP) will carry on in a “different way” to before, the new work and pensions secretary has said. Pat McFadden, who took over the role from Liz Kendall ...