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The Government has announced a major u-turn over its welfare reforms. Changes to restrict eligibility for the Personal ...
Here, in granular detail, Big Issue breaks down absolutely everything you need to know about its benefits bill and reform of ...
More than half of disabled people who attend a health benefit assessment say they feel humiliated by the process ...
Close to 370,000 British pensioners are facing challenging times due to eligibility rules imposed by the Department for Work ...
Downing Street has confirmed it is in talks with Labour MPs about possible changes to the government's welfare policies.
This report examines how the government’s recent proposed welfare reforms affect incomes, insurance, and incentives to work ...
The Government plans to cut benefits for disabled people to get them back into work. But other countries indicate this may ...
DWP data obtained by Big Issue shows that the majority of people with heart failure, HIV and arthritis are at risk of losing ...
Based on the current PIP rates, losing the enhanced daily living element could cost a person £4,500 each year on average.
Also not up for consultation is the “rebalancing” of Universal Credit by reducing the health element and increasing the ...
In essence, to claim PIP in the future, individuals will need to demonstrate a higher level of impairment in at least one ...
The final two activities on the assessment are for the mobility element of PIP, which should remain untouched by the welfare ...