DWP extends PIP reviews to 5 years but face-to-face assessments to triple

PIP claimants will wait longer between reviews but face more in-person assessments under DWP overhaul from April 2026 ...
The Conversation

Work Capability Assessment is a toxic failure – here’s a better way

Ben Baumberg receives funding from the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC), and has received past funding from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and the charity ...
Yahoo Style UK

New update on DWP plans to abolish Work Capability Assessments for Universal Credit claims

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that it would be “abolishing the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)” and that following this, eligibility to the ...

DWP announces longer PIP awards to streamline assessments

The number of in-person assessments is set to rise significantly, with Personal Independence Payment (PIP) evaluations ...
Birmingham Mail

DWP could tweak Work Capability Assessment to 'focus on what benefit claimants CAN do'

The Labour Party government has plans to cut health benefit levels under radical reforms to overhaul the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) systems. Labour Party MP Alison McGovern, the employment ...