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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

UK disabled people could swap Pip cash for ‘in kind’ support in benefit overhaul

A man in a wheelchair using a tablet computer
The idea that claimants would be offered the choice of practical rather than just financial support marks a potentially radical departure in welfare policy. Photograph: Michael Spring/Alamy

Some disabled people could receive “in kind” support rather than just cash payments under a radical overhaul of the personal independence payment (Pip) proposed by official government advisers, the Guardian can reveal.

The proposal, from an expert committee largely made up of disabled people, is one of a number of striking “emerging recommendations” likely to form the basis of the government’s Timms review of Pip, expected to be published in the next two months.

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