More than half a million seriously ill or disabled people who are not well enough to work could lose a health top up benefit made for those who are not expected to look for employment due to their condition ChaplainChloe reports:
“The Department for Work and Pensions needs to fix its broken PIP system, and guarantee that people too unwell to work aren’t forced to get by on the inadequate basic levels of benefits.”
“Many people who have the Limited Capability for Work Related Activity top-up will become eligible for PIP. Transitional protection will be provided to those not in receipt of PIP, so that nobody will see a financial loss as these reforms come into place.” “We don’t envisage that there will be wholesale change around the PIP assessment, but obviously, we will want to take stock as we move forward with the reforms. That is why we were doing the workshops. We are having the engagement with disabled people, with stakeholders and other organisations as we move forward with that White Paper,” he said,
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