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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Albert Toth

Charities warn Labour’s PIP review must ‘earn the trust’ of disabled people

Labour has been urged to ensure its ongoing review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) properly engages with disabled people after it halted cuts to the benefit last year.

The health and disability benefit was at the heart of Labour’s plans to axe welfare spending last year, when proposals to tweak its assessment criteria to effectively make it harder to claim were met with fierce opposition from campaign groups and politicians.

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