Changes to disability benefit assessments are set to come into force soon as Rachel Reeves reportedly pushes ahead with plans to shave £3 billion from the welfare bill ahead of Labour’s upcoming ...

DWP has proposed abolishing the Work Capability Assessment, or WCA.

This is set to be lengthened for most PIP recipients aged 25 and above to a minimum of three years for a new claim, ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has delivered a shock to hundreds of thousands of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants, declaring that they will need to attend face-to-face ...

Tens of thousands of benefit claimants are being assessed by the DWP every month after being signed off work. The Department for Work and Pensions is carrying out work capability assessments on an ...

The measure is part of plans to reduce the Work Capability Assessment backlog and separate from the Timms Review.

The disturbing realities of the work capability assessment are at odds with government rhetoric about helping people back to work, argues Mathew Little – who has been through the process. “Politics as ...

Currently, the period between PIP award reviews can be as brief as nine months, with most recipients seeing no alteration to ...