DWP provides limited funding for PIP review workshops with tight five-week deadline for disabled people's organizations
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The UK government's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally agreed to provide limited funding for disabled people's organizations to participate in the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP). However, organizations have been given only about five weeks to organize workshops, gather evidence from disabled people, and submit their findings. Critics argue this tight timeline is insufficient for meaningful engagement with disabled communities, raising concerns about the thoroughness and legitimacy of the review process.
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· 3 pulledThe government has finally agreed to provide some funding for a few disabled people's organisations to engage with its personal independence payment (PIP) review, but has given them only about a month to organise events and submit their evidence.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wants organisations across the country to organise their own workshops to hear from disabled people about their views on PIP, as part of the Timms Review.
Until the funding announcement, organisations had been expected to cover the costs of engagement themselves, raising concerns about accessibility and inclusion in the review process.
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