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.

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

Currently, the gap between PIP award reviews can be as brief as nine months, and most claimants see no change in their award at review. This is set to change for the majority of PIP claimants aged 25 ...

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 ...

Sir Stephen Timms, who is running the review, has issued an update in the Commons.

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 ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that it would be “abolishing the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)” and that following this, eligibility to the ...

An inquest into the death of a mum who took her own life found the impact of a DWP letter was 'very significant'.