The new rates for 2023/24 have been confirmed
Due to the cost of living crisis, a number of payments have been handed out in a bid to help people with the increasing costs.
However campaigners warned, according to Birmingham Live, that unless benefits were raised to match inflation, the worst-off families would be left facing a significant real-terms reduction in their benefit payments. Sign up to Glasgow Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox There are two aspects of PIP: the daily living part and the mobility part. The daily living part helps claimants with the costs of everyday living tasks, and the mobility part helps people who have difficulty getting around because of their condition.
New PIP claimants will be subject to a DWP test to assess the effects their condition has on their ability to move around and perform ordinary tasks. Applicants will be scored according to their ability to perform tasks and this will be used to determine how much PIP they get.
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