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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