11 h. ago What do I need to score to get Pip disability payments? How are they changing and what is happening to Universal Credit? All your questions answered as Labour slashes £5billion off welfare budget

Personal Independence Payment (Pip) is a tax-free benefit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland aimed at helping the disabled with the increased cost of living associated with their conditions.

Economics

11 h. ago What are PIP disability payments, how are they changing and how will you be affected? All your questions answered as Labour slashes £5billion off the welfare budget

Personal Independence Payment (Pip) is a tax-free benefit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland aimed at helping the disabled with the increased cost of living associated with their conditions.

Economics

12 h. ago Universal Credit and PIP: government reveals major changes and reforms to health benefits

Big changes are coming to health benefits in the UK - what it means for claimants 🏥

Politics

14 h. ago Universal Credit and work capability assessment explained including the changes announced today

The shake-up comes as Labour moves ahead with its plans to cut benefit spending by billions of pounds by pushing more people back into work - but what exactly could be announced today?

Politics

17 h. ago PIP disability benefit payments explained and what changes could be announced today

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is set to make an announcement on the future of PIP in the Commons after midday, as part of plans benefits bill by £6billion

Politics

37 h. ago 'Moral case' to slash Britain's benefits bill as Keir Starmer faces outcry from backbenchers

Diane Abbott, the Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP, says cutting money for disabled people ‘is not a Labour thing to do’

Politics

39 h. ago Keir Starmer faces outcry from backbenchers as Labour prepares to slash 'unsustainable' benefits bill

Diane Abbott, the Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP, says cutting money for disabled people ‘is not a Labour thing to do’

Politics

42 h. ago Diane Abbott gives scathing verdict on cutting benefits ahead of major DWP announcement

Diane Abbott says she has 'no sympathy' with the idea that cutting benefit payments will get people back into work ahead of a huge DWP announcement

Politics

43 h. ago Keir Starmer faces backbench outcry as Labour prepares to slash 'unsustainable' benefits bill

Scale of backlash is reportedly forcing Labour to rethink plans to freeze the level of PIP rather than increase it in line with inflation

Politics

3 d. ago DWP plans for PIP payments emerge after benefits bill to be cut by £5billion

Warning bells are ringing over the future of the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) budget as experts reveal that the benefit could face strict new criteria

Economics

4 d. ago DWP delivers fresh compensation details for 57,000 benefit claimants – from eligibility to payments

The DWP has revealed exactly how much claimants can expect

Politics

4 d. ago England squad announcement LIVE: Shock recall for Jordan Henderson as Thomas Tuchel explains decisions

The new England manager will hold a press conference after announcing his first Three Lions squad ahead of World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia at Wembley

Events

5 d. ago Full list of DWP benefits which are increasing in April 2025 including pension and Universal Credit

Benefit payments increase every year in line with inflation rates - here's a full list of how much they are going up by next month

Politics

5 d. ago Payment update for people on PIP set to transfer to Scottish benefit this Spring

Around 80,000 Scots on PIP will transfer from the DWP to Adult Disability Payment over the next few months.

Sport

6 d. ago DWP PIP: Exact amount all award payments for 3.6million people will rise by in April

In the Autumn Statement last year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that benefits would be rising by 1.7% and this included the UK's main disability benefit Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

Economics

7 d. ago DLA payment update for people due to transfer to new devolved benefit

Social Security Scotland will write to claimants to let them know when it is time for them to transfer from the DWP system.

Politics

7 d. ago DWP forces over 680,000 people to pay back benefits after mistakes it had made

Under the current rules, the benefits department recovers benefits overpayments by deducting an amount from a claimant's monthly benefit payment and all overpayments must be clawed back - even if it was the department's mistake

Politics

8 d. ago Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs

Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defence

Politics

8 d. ago The DWP forced over 680,000 people to pay for its own mistakes. Now campaigners want the law changed

Exclusive: The DWP must ‘take responsibility’ for its mistakes, campaigners say

Politics

8 d. ago Mum in tears after being caught in lie for £16k Universal Credit claim

Kayley Evans, 22, admitted a charge of dishonesty making a false statement to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to obtain a benefit, advantage or payment.

Economics