Information regarding the Government's consultation on Personal Independence Payment
- Consultation to be published today (29 April 2024) on proposals to move away from fixed cash benefit system towards tailored support
- Comes as over 2.6 million people of working age now receiving PIP with monthly new claims almost doubling since 2019
Plans to make the disability benefits system fit for the future and overhaul the “one size fits all” approach are set to be published today (Monday 29 April), following the Prime Minister’s speech which set out the government’s wide-ranging ambitions for welfare reform.
The Modernising Support Green Paper will explore how our welfare system could be redesigned to ensure people with disabilities and long-term health conditions get the support they need to achieve the best outcomes, with an approach that focuses support on those with the greatest needs and extra costs.
The UK’s health landscape has changed since Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was introduced in 2013 with the intention that it would be a more sustainable benefit that would support disabled people to live independently by helping with the extra costs they face.
