Those claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) may encounter some new changes under Jeremy Hunt's new Budget.
Mr Hunt is set to unveil a ‘back to work’ Budget centred around getting as many people into work as possible. The politician has already set out a package of measures to boost workforce participation among the over 50s, the long-term sick and disabled, and benefits claimants.
The plans include the axing of the system used to assess eligibility for sickness benefits, paying parents on Universal Credit childcare support upfront and increasing the amount they can claim by several hundred pounds. The Express reported that the changes are expected to remove barriers to people getting into work, in efforts to tackle Britain’s economic activity programme, the Express reports.
