PIP could be ‘replaced' as consultation begins on new benefit
The Commission on Social Security has announced that it is launching a consultation to introduce a new 'Additional Costs Disability Payment' in place of PIP. They have opened the scheme to all people with experience of the system through an online survey and a series of upcoming focus groups.
Funded by the Trust for London, the Commission says it is run by 'experts with lived experience of the UK social security system.' It has been working on proposals to improve the UK benefit system since 2018, and is now running the new consultation after a hiatus in 2023/24.
They said: 'Like the rest of the Commission's work, we are putting forward proposals for a reimagined social security system that is designed by and works for those of who rely on it. It would be vastly different to the current system.'
Claimed by 3.6 million people, PIP is one of the main health or disability-related benefits that can be accessed in the UK. It is designed to help with extra living costs for those who have a long-term physical or mental illness that affects their ability to do everyday tasks or get around.
It is not the same as Employment Support Allowance (ESA), which is an out-of-work benefit claimed by 1.5 million people. PIP can be claimed whether someone is regularly working or not, and it is not means-tested.
At the moment, PIP is paid based on two parts – daily living and mobility – at a higher or lower rate dependent on severity. This means there are four possible weekly payment levels ranging from £28.70 to £184.30.
The Commission said in its 2022 'Plan for a decent social security system' that it would like to see these rates overhauled and simplified to three levels: £83.70 for claimants who don't need much support, £152.15 for claimants who need more support, and £230.77 for claimants who need a lot of support.
The plan also expands the eligibility criteria for PIP to look in more detail at the kind of support claimants need. This could be with things like personal care, staying safe, running their home, going out and socialising, moving around, and more.
Finally, it specifies that assessors should 'work with' claimants 'to see what [they] need,' as opposed to looking for grounds to deny the benefit. PIP should then also be granted 'for the rest of [their] life if necessary' and not subject to regular reassessment.
Results from the consultation will shape the proposals that the Commission puts forward to the DWP later this year. The group explains that it 'covers key areas such as eligibility criteria, assessment processes, and the structure of advocacy and support services.
'It also explains some of the wider systemic changes we might need to see to make the new system a reality, like the creation of a National Independent Living Service.'
The consultation comes ahead of green paper due to be released by the DWP in Spring which will reveal Labour's plans to 'overhaul' the health and disability benefit system. Details have not yet been confirmed, but the government has committed to matching the £3 billion in welfare savings pencilled in by the previous Conservative administration.
Earlier in February, the department also confirmed it was pressing ahead with changes to PIP under a separate programme launched by the previous government. These will 'transform' the entire service, social security minister Sir Stephen Timms said, with changes to eligibility, decisions and payments all in scope.
Ken Butler, welfare rights and policy adviser at Disability Rights UK said: 'DR UK would encourage Disabled people and their organisations to take part in the Commission's survey.
It's a very welcome and timely antidote the DWP's forthcoming Green Paper aimed a making £3 billion of cuts to disability and health benefits expenditure.
As the Commission says, the results of the consultation can be a building block to secure 'fair, dignified, and holistic support' to Disabled people, addressing the additional costs and systemic barriers that they face and ensure it reflects the needs and realities of those it seeks to support.'
The DWP has been approached for comment.
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Alex Couto, author of the book Nova Lisboa (New Lisbon), which looks at the rapid gentrification of the city, says: 'Look, I come at this topic from the left, and, though I wrote a book criticising it, I will also defend gentrification. My day rate [as a copywriter] has risen, there are more cultural institutions opening.' But, he warns: 'There is something that pisses me off, when an expat in Portugal offers me a low day rate just because I am Portuguese. I'm living in the same place they are, and don't the Portuguese deserve lifestyle expectations, too?' As the city changes, shop by shop, dollar by dollar, there is understandable anger. On 5 July, a protest was held outside a building recently bought by a German hotelier. After serving an eviction notice to the ground‑floor tenants – one of the city's oldest establishments, a Ginjinha shop selling traditional Portuguese liqueur – the hotelier allegedly planned to replace it with a Disneyfied version owned by the hotel itself. As Dave Cook, an anthropologist at UCL, says: 'If you go to a place to take advantage of a lower cost of living, you are hacking inequalities, and there will be pushback, politically.' Though I have heard a recent Los Angeles transplant call a €1,800-a-month rental price 'cute', it's now not only the locals who are being priced out. I meet remote workers all the time who are struggling. They've exiled themselves from their healthcare and state social systems, have no job security, no HR, no industry career ladder to climb. And, more and more, they are finding they have been gentrified out of the neighbourhoods they want to live in. 'Work is becoming more precarious,' Mancinelli warns. 'With AI, new political borders, and people risking their social security entitlement by moving abroad, we don't know what is to come for the remote, knowledge-based worker.' It's not any easier for individuals setting up small physical businesses, either. And, unlike me, not everyone is here just because. Looking for safety from a politically tumultuous Ethiopia, Hiwote Getaneh, a podcast producer for Esther Perel and the New York Times, moved to the US in 2003. Getaneh went on to study at Virginia Tech and was in her dorm, sleeping, in April 2007 when a gunman started a shooting spree that killed 32 people two floors below her. After the pandemic, with 'the US in chaos', and having grown up speaking Portuguese, Lisbon seemed an obvious – and safe – place to go. 'I came over in May 2021 and was connected to the black expat community here,' she says. 'I was happier here, my nervous system calmed and so I thought, why not apply for the visa?' Now, as a naturalised US citizen, Getaneh is scared of US border control confiscating her passport should she visit. She feels she must stay, 'but with Chega in office and neo-Nazi rallies happening, I sense my safety is changing'. 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As she explains: 'There has to be more taxation for both the corporations and those not contributing to the economy other than driving up the rent. But, more important than that, the Portuguese government needs to implement a real social housing policy and controlled rents.' She is very careful not to stir any xenophobia, even aimed at the rich expats. 'I don't blame any individual,' says Diogo Faro, a Lisbon-based comedian whose political jokes tell the gnarly story of gentrification. 'Lisbon is amazing – why wouldn't you want to live here?!' Yet, as I stand in Lisbon today, I feel terribly naive. Recently I sold a book to a young Portuguese man – about degrowth, of all things – and we spoke about the changes in Lisbon. 'The disappointment of a dream is universal,' he told me. 'Your dream is not fulfilled, yes, but mine isn't either. And the Portuguese have both the dream unfulfilled and no affordable housing.' 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Juvenile chronic arthritis (Still's disease). Rheumatoid arthritis. Crystal deposition disorders - Other / type not known. Gout. Pseudogout. Osteochondritis. Osteonecrosis. Osteomalacia. Osteoporosis. Other metabolic and endocrine disorders of musculoskeletal system. Paget's disease. Rickets. Achondroplasia. Epiphyseal dysplasia - multiple. Genetic disorders, dysplasias and malformations - Other / type not known. Hereditary multiple exostosis (diaphyseal aclasis). Hypermobility syndrome. Marfan's syndrome. Osteogenesis imperfecta. Tumours of bone - benign. Compartment syndrome (Volkmann's ischaemia). Fracture complications - Other / type not known. Sudek's atrophy. Generalised musculoskeletal disease - Other / type not known. Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder). Rotator cuff disorder. Shoulder disorders - Other / type not known. Shoulder instability. Elbow disorders - Other / type not known. Golfers elbow (medial epicondylitis). Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis). Carpal tunnel syndrome. Dupuytren's contracture. Tendon lesions. Tenosynovitis. Wrist and hand disorders - Other / type not known. Cervical disc lesion. Cervical spondylosis. Neck disorders - Other / type not known. Whiplash injury. Back pain - Non specific (mechanical). Back pain - Specific - Other / type not known. Kyphosis. Lumbar disc lesion. Lumbar spondylosis (OA spine). Schuermann's disease. Scoliosis. Spinal stenosis. Spondylolisthesis. Dislocation of the hip - congenital. Hip disorders - Other / type not known. Slipped upper femoral epiphysis. Bursitis. Chondromalacia patellae. Knee disorders - Other / type not known. Ligamentous instability of knee. Meniscal lesions. Osgood schlatters disease. Osteochondritis dissecans. Patellar dislocation - Recurrent. Ankle and foot disorders - Other / type not known. Club foot (talipes). Fore foot pain (Metatarsalgia). Hallux valgus /rigidus. Amputation - Lower limb(s). Amputation - Upper limb(s). Amputations - Upper and Lower limb/s. Abdomen - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of. Lower limb - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of. Multiple - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation. Pelvis - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of. Spine - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of. Thorax - Injury/Fracture/Dislocation of. Upper limb - Injury/Fracture/Dislocation of. Musculoskeletal disease - Regional / Localised - Other / type not known. How to apply for PIP To qualify for the benefit, an assessment by an independent healthcare professional is required. This helps the DWP determine the level of help you need. Assessments can be conducted face-to-face, via video call, over the phone, or through paper-based evaluations. The DWP decides the method of assessment and you won't have a choice in this matter.
