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A major overhaul of welfare systems will see reforms in an incapacity for work that is claimed more than 3.6 million in Great -Britain, in a plan announced by the government today.
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall revealed that ministers will legally change legislation for a change in the assessment for personal independence (PIP).
PIP is intended to help disabled people in England, Wales and Noord -Ierland with the increased costs of living associated with their disorders.
But applicants must score at least four points in at least one activity to be eligible for the daily element of the benefit from November 2026.
Separately, the government looks at scrapping the assessment of the work capacity for universal credit – the process that is currently being used to determine the payments of disability based on a person's fitness for work.
Instead, from 2028 it will be replaced by a single assessment, given the impact of the disability of a person on daily life, instead of their suitability to work.
Here MailOnline looks at what PIP is and how the assessment will change if Labor explains its movements to save £ 5 billion:
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall (depicted on Downing St. Today) said that the current social security system “Failes the people it should help and stop our country '
What is PIP?
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a tax -free advantage that is aimed at the disabled with the increased costs of living in connection with their conditions.
PIP is currently being paid to 3.6 million in England, Wales and Noord -Ierland. In Scotland, a similar advantage is called the payment of the disabled for adults.
Who can get PIP?
PIP is available for those who have a long -term physical or mental health care or disability, as well as difficulty performing certain daily tasks or dealing because of their condition.
PIP can even be paid to people who work, have savings or get most other benefits. It is not tested.
What changes to PIP?
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall today confirmed that the government will legally be legally for a change in the assessment for the benefit of the benefit.
She said that people have to score at least four points in at least one activity to be eligible for the daily element of the benefit from November 2026.
Mrs Kendall also promised to consult with people and organizations that represent them, to ensure that the process is 'now suitable for the goal now and in the future'.
But she added that the government will not freeze Pip, as was rumor.
Some of the criteria for the PIP assessment under the 'Washing and Baden' section
How does PIP work?
There are two parts in PIP – 1) the daily living part, if someone needs help with daily tasks; and 2) the mobility section, if they need help to make ends meet.
Whether they get one or both parts and how much they get depends on how difficult they find daily tasks and make ends meet.
Everyone who approaches the end of life, such as a life-reducing disease, will automatically get the daily living part but the mobility part depends on their needs.
How much can you get from PIP?
There is a lower and a higher weekly rate for the daily living part, which is £ 72.65 and £ 108.55 respectively.
For the mobility section, the rates are £ 28.70 for the lower and £ 75.75 for the higher.
Pip is normally paid every four weeks.
How will the score part change?
From November 2026, claimants need at least four points to score on one of the 'daily living activities' that are used to assess PIP claims to receive the daily element of the benefit.
Every day living activities are classified as 'Preparing food', 'eating and' drinking ',' managing your medicines or treatments ',' washing and bathing ',' using the toilet ',' dressing and undressing ',' reading ',' managing your money ',' socializing and 'talking, listening and understanding'.
Currently, someone who receives a total of between eight and 11 points receives the daily living part of PIP against a standard percentage.
If they get at least 12 points, they get the daily component of life with an improved speed.
But Labor wants to limit the right to the daily component to only those who are more seriously disabled.
For example, to score four points about 'washing and bathing', a claimant 'needs help to wash his body between the shoulders and waist'.
The government said that their planned changes would mean “that people who only score the lowest points on each of the PIP activities in daily life will lose their right in the future.”
There will also be no changes in the suitability for the mobility section.
How is the assessment done?
The Ministry of Work and Pensions assesses how difficult someone finds daily life and mobility tasks and will look at four areas for each task.
These are 'whether you can do it safely', 'how long it will take you', 'how often your condition influences this activity' and 'whether you need help to do it, use a person or extra equipment'.
How does the assessment change?
The government said that the face-to-face reviews for PIP will increase to “improve the quality of the assessment decision, while we ensure that we continue to meet the needs of those with whom a different assessment method may need.”
Ministers are also planning to set out broader reforms of the assessment, after performing an assessment with experts and stakeholders to adapt and improve.
What about those who lose PIP?
The government said that PIP will now be more the target of those with higher needs by requiring at least four points about one daily living activity, in addition to the existing criteria for eligible eligible.
The Ministry of Work and Pensions will work with the Ministry of Health and Social Care on the changes.
They say that they want to ensure that 'existing people who claim PIP who may no longer be entitled to the benefit after an award assessment under new consideration rules, have their health and eligible care needs'.
The government added that it is now consulting how this can best be achieved.
The bill has risen and the Institute for Fiscal Studies expects this to continue
Why is Pip changed?
The number of people who receive one PIP has risen rapidly over the past five years and the government believes that this is now becoming untenable.
The number of working people who receive PIP has more than doubled since the Pandemie from 15,300 to 35,100 a month.
The number of young people from 16 to 24 years PIP per month has also been raised from 2,967 to 7,857.
The government is of the opinion that in the coming five years, if no action is taken, the number of working people who claim PIP will increase PIP from 2 -Million in 2021 to 4.3 million, which costs £ 34.1 billion annually.
What has been the reaction?
Groups representing disabled people condemned the 'cruel' changed as' immoral and devastating 'because they claimed that the changes' more disabled people will push in poverty and worse people's health.
MPs on the left side of Labor and the backers of the party of the party have also reached the plans, with the argument that they would punish the disabled and the poor.
What happens to Universal Credit?
Universal Credit is a payment to help with a person's livelihood, and they might get it if they have a low income, without work or they can't work.
The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is the process that is currently being used to be eligible for the eligible payments of disability under Universal Credit based on someone's fitness for work.
But the government said it is planning to scrap this in 2028, to be replaced by a single assessment, given the impact of a handicap of a person in daily life, rather than their suitability to work.
Those who request extra financial support for health problems – including PIP, Employment and Support Supply (ESA) or Universal Credit (Health) – will only be confronted in one assessment, based on the existing PIP system.
There will also be an upperflation increase in the standard benefit for universal credit by 2029/30 – with £ 775 to cash per year.
Mrs. Kendall also said that there will be an extra premium for people with serious lifelong circumstances who mean that they will never work to give them the financial security they deserve. ”
But new claims from April 2026 will lower the rate of the health element almost in two, from £ 97 a week to £ 50 and those who already claim that their amount is frozen for £ 97 a week to 2029/2030.
The government also consults about postponing health health in universal credit until someone is 22 years old ', so every young person earns or learns, and on the way to success'.
What else is changing?
There will also be a consultation about increasing the age at which young people can move to PIP from Disability Living Toyance (DLA) for children, from 16 to 18.
