One of the government’s most common tropes when it is discussing welfare is a desire to focus support on ‘the most needy’. Superficially...

The budget today announced a lot of stuff, and most of it I’m not qualified to comment on. I’m interested, because I have a sister with...

PIP isn’t supposed to be about diagnoses. But even with my diagnoses, I have major difficulties getting benefits assessors from a range...

Recently I failed a PIP appeal. I get standard rate mobility - which at one point the Tribunal were minded to take away - but was...

The point of extra-costs disability benefits is to meet some of the costs experienced by people with disability, in order to raise them...

The Office for Budget Responsibility has recently reported that spending on PIP, the Tory’s new extra-costs disability, was 20% higher...

I had a PIP appeal today. I’ve been waiting for it for ten months. I don’t think it went well. There are some points in my favour: the...

The government still doesn’t know what its talking about. But this time it’s almost seven years on from when it gained power, and its...

On Thursday the government released its response to the consultation on Personal Independence Payments (PIP), the successor to Disability...

When it’s their word against yours, medical evidence is what proves you’re not the one lying. Medical evidence is what says that you are...

A new disability benefit should reflect the policy intent that the important factor is not the medical condition but the effect that it...

A couple of weeks back I wrote about a recent experience using trains as a disabled person. As one reader pointed out, part of my problem...

On Monday the government started the roll-out of its new disability benefit, Personal Independence Payments. According to the government,...

Yesterday, the Daily Mail ran the astounding story that a disabled man qualified for the benefits he received.  Their surprise was great...