among the amendments put forward in the name of the Work and Pensions Secretary are changes relating to – ‘personal independence payment’ being removed from the title of the legislation, so that the Act will be the ‘Universal Credit Act 2025’;the removal of Clause 5 relating to personal independence payment eligibility;providing for universal credit to…
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Work and Pensions
Secretary’s letter to
Labour MPs on changes
to ‘strengthen’ the new
welfare reform bill
Dear colleague, We have always said we are determined to reform the social security system so it is fair, provides dignity and respect for those unable to work, supports those who can, and is sustainable so it is there for generations to come. The broken system we inherited from the Tories fails all of those…
https://www.ucpipbill.co.uk/
https://www.ucpipbill.co.uk/ Joint briefing ahead of Second ReadingOn Tuesday 1st July, MPs will be asked to vote on the UC & PIP Bill, which contains the biggest cuts to social security in a decade. This briefing from ten organisations including Scope, Citizens Advice, Mind, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Trussell sets out the latest evidence on…
Liz Kendall has today introduced the new Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill in the Commons.
https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/news/item/work-and-pensions-secretary-introduces-new-universal-credit-and-personal-independence-payment-bill-in-the-commons above-inflation increases in the universal credit standard allowance for the tax years 2026/2027 to 2029/2030 (Part 1);reducing the rates of the limited capability for work and work-related activity (LCWRA) element for new claims for the tax year 2026/2027 (Part 2);for 2026/2027, providing for entitlement to a higher rate of the LCWRA element, equal to…
Pathways to Poverty: How planned cuts to disability benefits will impact the people we support
By refusing to properly consult on its plan to cut billions from disability benefits, the government is choosing not to ask questions it doesn’t want the answers to. The cuts will have a devastating impact on disabled people (and their children), sending hundreds of thousands into poverty, and many more into deeper poverty. This will…
Work won’t cut it: income from employment and benefits for disabled people
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publications/work-wont-cut-it-income-from-employment-and-benefits-for-disabled-people/ This briefing presents analysis of how incomes for disabled people would change, if cuts to Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit were introduced today and the people affected were able to move into paid employment. In many cases, people would see only a small increase in income by working full-time – and in some…
Pathways to Work: Impact Assessments
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-23/47466 To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42060 on Pathways to Work: Impact Assessments, whether her Department’s further programme of analysis will include a disaggregation of data by category of (a) disability and (b) health condition.
Almost 90 per cent of those currently receiving the standard daily living component of PIP do not score at least four points in at least one daily living activity
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/personal_independence_payment_pi_7 Dear Department for Work and Pensions, Please could you provide the following information: The number of claimants currently in receipt of PIP daily living component at:a) The standard rateb) The enhanced rate For each of the above, please also state what percentage of these claimants were awarded less than 4 points in all of…
Proposed benefit and pension rates 2025/2026.
https://depositedpapers.parliament.uk/depositedpaper/2286682/files Proposed benefit and pension rates 2025/2026. 14p.
Full State Pension set to rise for most by £362 (4.1%) and benefits by 1.7% from April 2025
The full State Pension is set to rise by £362.65 (4.1%) a year for most pensioners on 6 April 2025, under what’s known as the ‘triple lock’ guarantee. Those on the full new state pension will see a rise of £474.85. Meanwhile certain benefits, including Universal Credit, are expected to increase by 1.7%. It comes…