Changes to disability benefit assessments are set to come into force soon as Rachel Reeves reportedly pushes ahead with plans to shave £3 billion from the welfare bill ahead of Labour’s upcoming ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has delivered a shock to hundreds of thousands of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants, declaring that they will need to attend face-to-face ...

Tens of thousands of benefit claimants are being assessed by the DWP every month after being signed off work. The Department for Work and Pensions is carrying out work capability assessments on an ...

Award lengths are being extended to minimum 3 years rising to 5 years while face-to-face assessments increase to 30 per cent.

The UK Government has unveiled plans to change how new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants are handled in an effort to alleviate the backlog of Work Capability Assessments (WCA). The ...

The disturbing realities of the work capability assessment are at odds with government rhetoric about helping people back to work, argues Mathew Little – who has been through the process. “Politics as ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that it would be “abolishing the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)” and that following this, eligibility to the ...

The UK Government has unveiled a strategy to extend the duration of awards for new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims, in a bid to slash the backlog of Work Capability Assessments (WCA). The ...

The UK Government has revealed a plan to overhaul the handling of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims, aiming to cut down the backlog of Work Capability Assessments (WCA). The Department for ...