IS PIP BENEFIT BEING CUT?
Hi everyone,
I haven’t been paying much attention to the news lately, but I caught a tiny bit of the end of a chat on GMB today where Susanna Reid was asking if PIP is being cut. It’s left me very anxious. Does anyone have any factual details? I’m barely coping on PIP as it is.
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No it is not. The Government haven’t specifically announced anything yet and until they do everything remains as it is. Even if changes are announced in the future it will be a long time before regulations are put into place.
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Nothing is happening with PIP. The only thing that will be happening with PIP, is that it'll be uprated in April.
We'll be getting paid as normal. Any changes to PIP will take years.1 -
Just alot of speculation and gossip. I certainly wouldn't get hot under the collar about the chatterings of daytime tv hosts.
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What I’d like to see from my next PIP review even though it’s over 2 years away yet (thankfully) is to see the length of my award to be increased.
Last March (March 2024) my PIP award was extended to March 2028, with the next review planned for March 2027.
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I’m very satisfied with much I’m receiving from my PIP payments because I’m receiving the highest possible award as it is (enhanced rate for daily living, enhanced rate mobility). I just want the length of time my awards last to be increased. Autism doesn’t improve, wish the assessors would see that way. I’d like to see an award that lasts longer than 3 years after my next review.
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I completely agree, I have a condition that will only get worse and I wish my award would reflect that.
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I don’t want to keep having reviews every 3 years, you’re just repeating yourself to them. You shouldn’t have to keep telling the information that they already know about your condition/disability. The reviews are repetitive .
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Back in the DLA days I was on an indefinite award but Disability Living Allowance is obviously a totally different benefit to PIP.
I was only getting the middle rate for the care component and the lower rate for the mobility component on DLA. I’ve seen a much bigger award on PIP compared to DLA so that is wonderful. I’ve been on the highest possible award on PIP ever since (a good few years now).
I’d just like to see the length of my award to be increased in the future .0 -
I had a feeling you’d agree with me 👏👏✅✅.
Autism is a lifelong condition with no cure for it. I’ve had autism since I was 3 years old. I am now 30 years of age and I don’t work. I never have. I live on PIP and my ESA but will be triggering a “voluntary migration” to UC in the next few weeks. I’ll be better off on UC* compared to my £318.10 fortnightly ESA payments.
*I’ll be getting my payments twice a month because I can’t budget.
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I’ve actually put in an MR regarding my award length (have just had a review). I told them I was happy with the award itself but felt it should be longer as my condition is permanent. I’m not holding out much hope but thought I’d ask anyway!
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That's what I was getting and I lost the care part of it.
They ignored my memory issues. It's one of the reasons I need the support receive,but next review I will have documents.
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Every time the board is tossed in the air, some 'pieces' go missing. Just a thought.
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PIP is all over the news these days and how it's not fit for purpose. The government seem to consider that everyone on PIP does not work and therefore the only way to decrease PIP is to get disabled people into work.
So, I am 53 and work full-time. I get standard daily living and enhanced mobility, but seeing as I am wheelchair bound then that's understandable, although at my review they stopped all my PIP. Obviously I wasn't taking that and went through the MR process (also rejected) and then proceeded to inform them 'see you at Tribunal'. A few weeks later I had a call from a DWP manager who told me they had reviewed my case and were awarding me what I now get.
So my biggest question is, what are they planning to do to disabled people who already work? No-one seems to have an answer.
What do you guys think?
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The reason why non one has an answer for you is because no one knows yet. Labour haven't made any announcements as yet so we are just as much in the dark as you are.
I personally prefer to wait until official announcement are made, rather than make a speculations. They said it would be the Spring before the announce anything and even when they do, it will take years for any changes to come into force.
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Would that apply to what the lords saying cut money for disabilitie
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The House of Lords have put forward an opinion, nothing more.
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Do you think all changes would take a very long time to implement ? Not just pip but ESA and lcwra too ?
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Yes they would all be subject to the legislative process, which takes a very long time.
As I've said before, changes to Winter Fuel Allowance were made so quickly because it was a government perk, not enshrined in law like welfare benefits are.
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Not just a long time to implement. A long time to be legislated and even then most legislation takes time to be implemented after being passed. It is rare for legislation, especially something like benefits, to be implemented day of passing.
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What is Green Paper and PIP?
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