A new online petition calling for a full review into the way the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) administers Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has been dismissed by the UK Government despite receiving over 15,000 signatures of support.
The petition has passed the threshold of 10,000 which has resulted in an official response from the DWP. At the time of writing signatures number some 15,226.
Tittle, ‘Full review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process’, the petition was created and posted on the official petitions-parliament website by Keely, a disability advocate. The author of the petition uses TikTok to raise awareness and has more than 17,500 followers. Nottinghamshire Live sister publication, Daily Record highlighted the petition and noted that, while started by Keeley, she’s not the only one trying to instigate change. Disability News Service, run by John Pring, a disabled journalist who has been reporting on disability issues for nearly 25 years, has been campaigning strongly against these assessments for more than 12 years.
