How is PIP expenditure high, when disabled people are struggling?
The Office for Budget Responsibility has recently reported that spending on PIP, the Tory’s new extra-costs disability, was 20% higher...
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Nov 12, 20186 min
PIP appeal – overprepared fraud?
I had a PIP appeal today. I’ve been waiting for it for ten months. I don’t think it went well. There are some points in my favour: the...
Jan 27, 20183 min
I’m not an orchid, I’m a weed
One of the DWP’s major concerns is that people assessed as unfit for work then wrongly believe that they are unfit for work, because that...
Dec 30, 20173 min
Back in the benefits cycle
I got a brown envelope today, except it was white. The ‘Personal Independence Payment’ just showing in the address window gave the game...
Feb 27, 20174 min
Governments have no right to be ignorant
The government still doesn’t know what its talking about. But this time it’s almost seven years on from when it gained power, and its...
Dec 12, 20159 min
The government’s rationale for PIP shows it doesn’t understand disability
On Thursday the government released its response to the consultation on Personal Independence Payments (PIP), the successor to Disability...
Aug 23, 20134 min
The importance of medical evidence for disability assessments
When it’s their word against yours, medical evidence is what proves you’re not the one lying. Medical evidence is what says that you are...
Aug 17, 20134 min
Conservatives have ignored their history on disability benefit reform
A new disability benefit should reflect the policy intent that the important factor is not the medical condition but the effect that it...
Jun 6, 20134 min
The government doesn’t understand disability
On Monday the government started the roll-out of its new disability benefit, Personal Independence Payments. According to the government,...
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