PIP payments could be axed and adults paid £231 every week instead
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPlans have been laid out to scrap PIP (Personal Independence payments) in the UK. PIP payments were brought in to replace Disability Living Allowance, and provide financial support to those struggling with physical illness, disabilities or mental health.
However, The Commission on Social Security wants to scrap PIP for a different system, reports the ECHO. Instead, all adults would get at least £83.70 a week - with some getting almost three times this. READ MORE: State Pension amount will change for millions of women in the UK from April The changes have been proposed by the Commission on Social Security group and include a new “extra costs” benefit for disabled people.
The Commission, whose leaders all say they have “lived experience of the benefits system”, argues that the current benefits system should be replaced by something with something that is no longer “guided by stereotypes and myths about disabled people and people in poverty”.
In terms of a new disability benefit to replace PIP, The Commission proposes a new non-means-tested benefit to cover the extra costs that disabled people face due to illnesses and impairments.
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