Over three million families to lose out from disability and incapacity benefit changes, says DWP

Over three million families will lose an average of £1,720 per year in real terms by 2029-30, as a result of proposed changes to disability and incapacity benefits, the government has estimated. This includes 370,000 people who will lose their current entitlement to the daily living allowance element of personal independence payment (PIP), said the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), in an impact assessment published today. A further 430,000 future claimants, who would have been entitled to the daily living component of PIP under the current rules, would not be found eligible, under the reformed system set out in last week’s welfare reform green paper. Read more.