Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions are overturned at appeal stage more than five times as often as at mandatory reconsideration, according to new research by anti-poverty charity Z2K.
Z2K’s briefing evaluates the effectiveness of the mandatory reconsideration system in the context of PIP and sets out recommendations for reform to improve outcomes for disabled people.
The interim report of the Timms Review delivers a stark verdict on PIP, highlighting a system many disabled people experience as dehumanising and distressing. This blog explores the report’s key findings, the questions it raises about reform, and the opportunity it presents to build a fairer system.
Prove It Again: The Cost of Unnecessary PIP Reassessments Read
After a dramatic week in politics, the Labour Party is gearing up for an expected upcoming leadership contest, with the various runners and riders starting to set out their stalls on issues like economic growth, nationalisation and rejoining the European Union. But one area that’s so far been almost completely absent from this nascent policy debate is welfare reform.
Personal independence payment (PIP) is failing to ensure disabled people have access to adequate incomes, with inaccurate assessments, poor decision‑making and a lack of trust leaving many disabled people without essential support. This submission to the Timms Review of PIP calls for a redesigned system that is fairer, more transparent and rooted in lived experience, including improved use of evidence, more accurate eligibility criteria, and a less adversarial claims process.
