Both assessments have long been criticised by disability rights campaigners as difficult and inconsistent processes.

Award lengths are being extended to minimum 3 years rising to 5 years while face-to-face assessments increase to 30 per cent.

A report commissioned by the DWP found that 52 per cent of health assessors left the role in a year, with many leaving the ...

A Department for Work and Pensions report shows more than half of its assessors for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) ...

Health professionals evaluating disability benefits are leaving en masse, with a DWP report revealing 40% of new hires quit ...

A DAMNING coroner’s report has concluded that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) played a significant role in the suicide of a vulnerable young woman, Tamara Jade Logon.This case is the latest ...

It comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delayed welfare reforms, with changes unlikely to come before 2029.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a “data strategy” document that sets out what it believes it will ...

PIP spending on autism has also tripled, while the cost of PIP payouts for arthritis and asthma have doubled as the Tories ...