19 h. ago New call for review of PIP mobility assessment for people with a driving licence

A new online petition is calling for changes to the eligibility for a PIP mobility award.

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53 h. ago Slow drivers have killed 19 and injured 1,500 people over the last decade

Eighteen of the crashes sparked by slow driving left 19 dead and another 281 smashes left 310 victims with severe, often life-changing, injuries, the AA has warned.

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3 d. ago DWP confirms full scope of PIP review to ensure benefit is ‘fair and fit’ for the future

The daily living and mobility components will be under review, but there are no plans to means-test the benefit.

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3 d. ago New PIP reforms could impact Blue Badge holders or people on Motability Scheme

A review of the full PIP assessment process for the daily living and mobility components will be completed by Autumn next year.

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4 d. ago DWP says more than 900,000 pensioners are missing out on up to £4,300 a year

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a new drive to encourage older people to claim Pension Scheme, as figures reveal the number missing out has surged

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4 d. ago Labour gives latest update on PIP disability benefit review after U

Sir Stephen Timms has commissioned a review on the personal independence payment (PIP)

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4 d. ago DWP announces major PIP review update that will 'shape benefits system'

Labour had previously proposed changing the PIP scoring system - however, this was scrapped by following backlash from MPs, disability charities and campaigners

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4 d. ago Major DWP PIP update with 'first ever full review' into eligibility

The Timms Review was launched after elements of the Government's flagship welfare Bill, which would restrict eligibility to PIP, were scrapped in the summer

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5 d. ago Reform MP’s advert comments risk normalising ‘flagrant racism’ – Lammy

Sarah Pochin apologised for causing offence after saying she was ‘driven mad’ by seeing ‘adverts full of black and Asian people’.

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5 d. ago New DWP update on plans for full review of PIP before next Autumn

The DWP has announced that disabled people will shape the Timms Review into PIP.

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5 d. ago DWP confirms PIP mobility under review as part of plans for welfare reforms

Over three million PIP claimants receive either the standard or higher rate of the mobility component.

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5 d. ago DWP to review some State Pension, PIP and other benefit claims for errors before next April

DWP data shows £9.5 billion was overpaid to claimants during the last financial year.

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6 d. ago Max Verstappen soars up rich list with huge new net worth as Liverpool star missing

Max Verstappen's net worth has increased by almost £44million in the last year, with the Red Bull Racing driver now among the richest people in the Netherlands

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6 d. ago Jump in household projections driven by elderly and people living alone

The findings are not forecasts or predictions, but projections based on previous demographic trends.

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6 d. ago WellBox earns B Corp™ certification, cementing its role as a leader in purpose

WellBox, the UK-based corporate gifting company focused on purpose-driven, people-first experiences, has officially become a Certified B Corporation™, joining a global community of businesses using their work as a force for good.

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6 d. ago DWP confirms timeline for proposed new changes to PIP daily living and mobility elements

The DWP has confirmed the mobility element of PIP is part of the Timms Review.

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7 d. ago Nigel Farage defends MP’s complaint about TV adverts as ‘ugly’ but not ‘deliberately’ racist

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin said seeing adverts of black or Asian people ‘drives me mad’Nigel Farage has defended remarks made by a Reform MP who said seeing adverts full of black and Asian people “drives her mad”, arguing the intention behind her comments was not racist.The Reform UK leader said if he felt Sarah Pochin’s words were “deliberately and genuinely racist”, he would have “taken action” against her. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Streeting condemns Farage’s ‘deafening silence’ over ‘racist’ remarks from Reform MP

Reform MP Sarah Pochin provoked widespread condemnation when she said: that it ‘drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people’

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9 d. ago Reform UK MP says seeing adverts 'full of Black people' drives her 'mad'

Sarah Pochin was responding to a question about whether her party will do anything about the 'representation of demographics in TV adverts', and claimed white people were 'demonised'

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9 d. ago Reform’s Sarah Pochin: Adverts full of black people ‘drive me mad’

Labour called on Reform UK to distance itself from the MP’s comments.

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