A new online petition calling on the UK Government to conduct a full review into the way the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) administers Personal Independence Payment (PIP), specifically the role independent assessors play in the application process, has passed the 10,000 signature threshold required to trigger an official response.
At 100,000 signatures, the ‘Full review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process’ petition would be considered for debate in Parliament. The petition was created and posted on the official petitions-parliament website by Keely, a disability advocate who uses TikTok to raise awareness to more than 16,700 followers.
But 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, have been campaigning strongly against these assessments for more than 12 years.
