Labor has published its historic welfare bill, which is completely naked Plan to cut welfare for millions Disabled benefits of claimants Next month ahead of a crunch vote,
The title ‘Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill’, tells what the law really will be, Individual freedom payment (PIP) contenders Those who lose their eligibility under new measures.
Currently claimed by 3.7 million people, PIP is designed to help with additional cost from living with a disease or disability.
Change, declared earlier WPP In March, Secretary Liz Kendal, the ‘daily life’ element of profit will be difficult to claim effectively as the eligibility criteria has been tightened.
As before, the evaluator will decide whether an applicant has a limited ability to complete daily life activities. They do this by asking the applicants to carry out several activities, which give them points on limiting their capacity.
Applicant will be awarded marks on the basis of how limited their capacity is for each, to secure this element of profit at the original rate, a total of eight is required, and twelve for high.
But from November 2026, they will need to get at least four digits in the same daily life activity to be honored with this element of profit. Eight essential digits can no longer be spread in activities.
Around 1.5 million people who currently claim that benefits will no longer be eligible under this criteria, analysis by the office for budget responsibility show. Watchdog says that ‘behavior response’ can reduce it to about 800,000 people, but admits that it is a ‘highly uncertain decision’.
Changes have received strong backlash from donations and campaign groups, as more than 100 labor MPs are understood. Keeping in mind the voting against the government On plans.
Do you have a negative experience in PIP evaluation? Contact: albert.toth@independent.co.uk
What happens if I lose my pipe right?
In severe, anyone is already claiming that PIP will not see its rights less without participating in a revaluation. These average occur every three years.
Once invited for a revaluation – for which appearance is mandatory – applicants will be evaluated as before. However, the new point-scoring system will now be applicable.
If someone has to lose its eligibility for the daily life element of PIP as a direct result of labor changes as a result of revaluation, it will not stop paying at that rate immediately.
Instead, the payment will continue as a ‘transitional cover’ for 13 weeks. This will stop paying if the recipient goes abroad or gets confident and re -entrusted.
After these 13 weeks, the payment for the daily living part of the profit will stop.
This safety will involve those who lose their eligibility for the consultant of careful and the career of universal credit.
DWP said: “13-week additional protection will be provided to those who will be affected by the time of change, new, touched employment assistance, and once to plan for their future when they will be convinced and end up their entitlements.
A release by the department states that this security is “the most generous ever.”
