State Pension and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will increase from next month, meaning a pay rise of up to £138.20 a month for those claiming both from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). At the end of January this year, 3.25 million Brits were on PIP, and nearly half a million of those were also on the State Pension.
PIP supports people with a long term physical or mental health condition, or disability, and currently provides between £24.45 and £156.90 per week – which amounts to between £97.80 and £627.60 per four-week payment period. But from April, this will rise to between £107.60 and £691 per month.
The New State Pension is currently worth £185.15 each week and the Old Basic State Pension amounts to £141.85 a week. But from April, these payments will also rise, to £203.85 and £156.20 respectively, the Daily Record reports.
