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 number of in-person assessments is set to rise significantly, with Personal Independence Payment (PIP) evaluations climbing from just 6 per cent in 2024 (57,000) to 30 per cent of all assessments, ...

The UK Government has unveiled a strategy to change how Personal Independence Payment ( PIP ) claims are handled, in a bid to slash the backlog of Work Capability Assessments (WCA). The Department for ...

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 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 ...

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 measure is part of plans to reduce the Work Capability Assessment backlog and separate from the Timms Review.