Long waits for disability benefit claims unacceptable, MPs say

The PAC report said the long waits for Pip claims to be processed were "unacceptable", with some cases of people waiting for ...

MPs warn some disability claimants waiting more than a year for claims to be processed, damning report finds

Disability benefit claimants are often waiting for more than a year for their claims to be processed as the Department for ...

DWP delays risk pushing disability PIP benefit claimants into poverty, MPs warn

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee said some benefit claimants have been left waiting over a year for their Personal ...

DWP one-year warning to anyone claiming PIP and disability benefits

Some people are waiting more than a year to have their disability benefit claims processed amid “unacceptably poor service ...

DWP PIP claimants may be 'pushed into debt or poverty' as service branded 'poor'

The report stated: "It is unacceptable how long some PIP claimants are having to wait for their claims to be processed, which ...

DWP warned over health risk after new update on PIP

Concerns have been raised over the health risks claimants trying to get PIP are facing. A report from the Public Accounts ...

Why PIP benefits payments are being delayed - and what it means for you

Disabled benefits claimants are being "pushed into poverty" because nearly half of all new claimants are facing "unacceptable ...

People making a new claim for PIP waiting over a year for DWP award decision

The DWP said that at the end of October, the average time taken for a PIP claim to be decided on was 16 weeks. A DWP spokesperson said: “We’re fixing the broken welfare system we inherited by giving ...

PIP wait times branded 'unacceptable' as date for new DWP system delayed

A new report by the Public Accounts Committee is calling out the government for not having ‘adequate short-term plans' to ...