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Question about the proposed changes to disability benefits.
Suppose you get awarded the highest rate of PIP for 10 years. Soon after this, the government follows through on their threats to reduce disability benefits/eliminate PIP. Would you then lose the benefits you've just been awarded, or would you continue to get them for 10 years then lose them?
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PIP paper based assessment/random phone call
hello everyone I applied for pip before Christmas and received a random phone call this evening, the lady said she was going to do a paper based assessment as I supplied 10 pieces of evidence and she just wanted to clarify some questions and it lasted about 15 minutes. she said she’s going to send it off to the assessor…
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When is PIP being reduced?
Hi I don't mean to annoy anyone if this has already been discussed (please provide a link if that's the case), but I find it hard to search cognitively. It's not laziness, but rather a cognitive issue & focus. I seem to have had my head in the sand for quite some time due to ill health and haven't been watching daily…
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Hi, my name is Binkey! How long did your review take?
just wondering if any of the lovely people on here would have any experience with a pip review mine is up in September 2025 so forms came and it’s been 3 months since they got my review had paper assessment last time so requested that again ,has anybody had a paper review and if so how long did it take all this stress is…
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Changes to pip descriptors to make it harder to get
seeing the recent media coverage regarding Liz Kendal and the labour goverment needing or wanting to save 5 billion from the benefits bill I understand after reading into it the bulk of it would come from not raising benefits inline with the 1.7% uplift not fair but something we have to deal with but what I am wondering…
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I did win My pip M.R
I just thought I'd write this now as I know there will be people about to start the process and I thought I'd offer my advice ( if it can be of any help).What I would say though is Kimmy87 and Poppy12345 know the system far greater than me so will better to answer any questions.Im only telling you my experience.Basically I…
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Tribunal appeal
Hello, after scoring zero and a MR with zero, I’ve got a date for my tribunal and I’m so shocked I got one this fast as I thought they take a long time. I had also just given up and forgotten about the fight and just accepted that I don’t “qualify”. I’m so anxious and clueless and would really appreciate some help. I have…
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Claiming for pip with lumbosacral spondylosis and levoscoliosis + endplate sclerosis
Hello everyone im new here and hoping someone can help me im a full time unpaid carer fory husband and i suffer from bad back problems it leavese arched over like quozimodo especially on a night time im wondering if i could put in a claim for pip Any advice would be great thanks
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Telephone assessment pip
Hi I was wondering if anyone knows how long usually take after the telephone assessment you get a decision I had to give up my job as a support worker which I loved doing I worked in the same house for 5 years so I thought I would still be there but we had a new manager last year who was a bully he harassed me when I was…
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DWP confirms it is increasing the automatic extension period of existing PIP awards awaiting review
The DWP has confirmed that with effect from 6 September 2022 it is increasing the automatic extension period of existing PIP awards awaiting review from 3 months to up to 12 months and will do this 35 days before their end date. It is said that the longer extension period will "provide greater certainty for claimants" and…
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Hi, my name is Henri01! Phoned pip for update but they wouldn't tell me, have I been turned down?
Hi phoned pip for a decision update, they told a decision has been made but couldn't tell the result as there was nothing showing what it was, have i been turned do you know, thank you
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Green paper PIP, etc…..Please read, this is from Gvmnt website
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Pip report
Hi. Anyone waiting for their pip report to be posted out? Requested mine on 25th feb (week today) and still waiting feels like torture😑
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PIP assessor wrote incorrect information
Hi everyone I had my assessment done on Friday last week and it was the worst of my life. By Monday a decision maker called me saying I was denied PIP. I also received a text after i have already had my assessment. The assessor talks over me, argues me and also in the report he lies right through. He did not ask how my…
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Do pip ask you to renew your claim?
Hi, I was awarded pip after 15 months and a tribunal in January. The length of the award is 28 months, backdated from Oct 2023 until Feb 2026, but given the time it took to get it I'm already worrying about renewing it! As anyone who has claimed for IBS probably knows it was a massive challenge getting it in the first…
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Hi, my name is Keepy! Turned down for PIP. Is it normal for them to lie?
Hi everyone I had my assessment done on Friday last week and it was the worst of my life. By Monday a decision maker called me saying I was denied PIP. I also received a text after i have already had my assessment. The assessor talks over me, argues me and also in the report he lies right through. He did not ask how my…
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Pip payments
Hi everyone is pip payments the same this month. I was paid on the 17th of February 2025 . What day to I get pip in march ? Confuses as there are 28 days in February so will the date change? Would appreciate the help if anyone knows.thank you
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Pip due to end in September 2025, will it carry on if they haven't decided on my review?
My pip is to end September 2025 if they have not decided on my review by this time would it carry on until there decision or stop in September?
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PIP increase?
I received a letter last week about an increase in my PIP, but it wasn't completely clear to me what increases I was getting, though my parents helped me by reading the letter themselves, and it seems that I might be getting an additional £135 a month. I'm not really sure if this is accurate, although my parents seem to…
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Using Relay UK for PIP assessment
Hi all, I know you can use Relay UK to contact dwp and to start a PIP claim but they are refusing to conduct my assessment using it saying it will take too long. My autism assessor have written to them about my right to ask for reasonable adjustments but they haven’t replied. Has anyone done their assessment using Relay…
