An update on the scrapping of the £737 a month PIP payments from the DWP has been issued to benefits claimants
An important update on the proposal to eliminate the DWP's PIP payments for millions of benefit recipients has been revealed. A contentious consultation kicked off in the summer, suggesting various ways to trim welfare expenditure, including halting cash payments for Personal Independence Payments claimants and exploring alternatives like vouchers.
The strategies considered could replace the £737 monthly or £9,583.60 annual payments with non-cash options such as vouchers for essentials and disability equipment, a catalogue system, or reimbursements for condition-related expenditures. It even put forward the possibility of single grants in place of regular payments and called into question the assessment process for eligibility, reports The Express.However, these reforms now seem shelved for the moment.
Benefits and Work commented: "This does not rule out the possibility that Labour could come up with similar ideas in the future, but it makes it much less likely. It is very improbable that the government would decline to respond to a consultation on PIP vouchers and yet very soon afterwards unveil their own plan to introduce exactly the same thing."
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