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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…
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Tribunal telephone hearing
Hi just wanted to find out as much I can before the telephone tribunal hearing. what kind of questions do they ask you etc. my memory is not good I get mixed up my anxiety levels are through the roof I'm having even more panic attacks its destroying me
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Fibromyalgia
Hi we got a letter to say the telephone tribunal pip appeal will be in a few weeks , however my partner went to the musculoskeletal clinic yesterday because of her conditions getting worse . the nurse said she may have fibromyalgia, do we have to contact the tribunal service asap to tell them this or do we tell them on the…
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Pip mandatory reconsideration success?
Hi has anyone had any luck with a MR please?Also how long was the time scale?. The report person has put that I have said I could do certain things which is not true. I really don't know what to do, the person who was going to help me with the call was no longer available as the assessment was over a hour late. I told him…
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Student finance on PIP
So I’ve decided to go to University, I applied for a Student Finance loan, which has been approved, but I didn’t realise that there are different Student Finance loans for students with disabilities, I currently get enhanced mobility & standard living allowance on PIP, would this make a difference to the amount of Student…
