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

The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) stated that this measure, set to be implemented in April, aims to allow health ...

PIP claimants will wait longer between reviews but face more in-person assessments under DWP overhaul from April 2026 ...

Reassessments for the UK’s largest disability benefit are undergoing an overhaul in 2026, affecting two million people. The government is changing how often people claiming personal independence ...

The UK Government has unveiled a strategy to change how Personal Independence Payment ( PIP ) claims are handled, in a bid to ...

PIP is provided to people who have a long-term disability or health condition and they have difficulties carrying out ...

Currently, the time between PIP award reviews can be as short as nine months, with most people seeing no change in their ...

Currently, the time between PIP award reviews can be as short as nine months, and most claimant see no change in their award ...

The DWP states that reducing how often PIP award reviews take place will diminish "the number of people who are called to a Pip assessment when their [disability] function has not changed", whilst ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced a comprehensive review of Personal Independence Payment mobility component ...

Labour, however, is now mandating an increase in the proportion of face-to-face assessments to 30 per cent for both PIP and ...

But Labour are now requiring the proportion of face-to-face assessments to be increased to 30 per cent for both PIP and the ...