Sentences with phrase «independence payment»
An independence payment refers to money given to someone to help them become more self-reliant and less dependent on others for financial support. Full definition
It is better to get the roll - out of personal independence payments done safely than done quickly.
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Last week, the government admitted failures in benefit fraud, universal credit and personal independence payments in its annual departmental report.
And at the start the the new parliament the new personal independence payment will cost the same in real terms.
Read more: Iain Duncan Smith claims Personal Independence Payments cut will HELP the poorest disabled people
The move from Disability Living Allowance to the government's new Personal Independence Payment system has been delayed.
Now add in these: disability living allowance starts converting into personal independence payment with a target to remove 500,000 people in new Atos medical tests.»
In the longer term, Councillors agreed that the disabled parking application process should be updated in consultation with Disability Groups, to align with the governments new Personal Independence Payment Scheme.
«David Cameron must urgently get a grip of this chaotic department to avoid personal independence payments going the same way as the crisis - hit Universal Credit programme.»
«Thousands of disabled people are waiting months and months for essential help which means taxpayers are facing a huge bill to deal with the enormous backlog of personal independence payment assessments.
«On [the government's U-turn on cuts to] tax credits and personal independence payments [to the disabled], I led those campaigns.
«Under the Personal Independence Payment claimants will have a face - to - face assessment and systematic reviews — something missing in the current system — to ensure the billions we spend give more targeted support to those who need it most.»
Earlier this month a public accounts committee report painted a damning picture of total breakdown in the department's personal independence payments scheme.
And there are few bigger than the # 4.4 bn George Osborne aims to save by cutting the Personal Independence Payments made to nearly 700,000 disabled people — slashing their annual income by an average of # 3,500 a year.
The Lib Dems are not matching Labour's commitment to extend the Personal Independence Payment disability benefit, although they are pledging to axe the Work Capability Assessment for disability benefit applicants, as well as the bedroom tax.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves said the delay to the government's Personal Independence Payment programme was the «latest example of chaos» in the Department for Work and Pensions.
«Personal Independence Payments allows them to meet the considerable financial burden that disability and long term ill health bring.
The petition says: «The Government has its targets set on the disabled, looking to slash the disability benefit bill by reducing Personal Independence Payments drastically for hundreds of people and replacing some with vouchers.
Appeals against decisions on Employment Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payments accounted for 85 % of all SSCS appeals in the quarter October to December 2016.
On Smith's watch, the government has been forced into U-turn on a number of hated reforms, including tax credit cuts, Personal Independence Payment cuts and scrapping the measurement of child poverty.
«We pledged to scrap the Work Capability Assessment, and the Personal Independence Payment system, and we have also pledged to get rid of the punitive sanctions regime.»
Rev Heming told Premier how government policy regarding disabilities had affected her and said: «I'm one of the people that made the transfer from disability living allowance to PIP (Personal Independence Payment) and I lost my mobility vehicle as a result of that.
Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013; vii) Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations 2013; viii) Social Security (Loss of Benefit)(Amendment) Regulations 2013 - Lord Freud Debate Building Regulations & c. (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Motion to Regret - Baroness Tonge Thursday
The pair had clashed repeatedly over the government's plans to limit the eligibility to personal independence payment (PIP), with Corbyn focusing all of his questions on the topic.
Of particular concern was the proposal to abolish Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and introduce the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)-- a concern shared by very many other organisations and individuals.
Welfare Reform SI approval motions: i) Universal Credit Regulations 2013; ii) Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013; iii) Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 2013; iv) Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013; v) Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013; vi) Universal
The Government has since announced that it proposes to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with a new benefit from 2013, the Personal Independence Payment, for eligible working age people aged 16 to 64.
The government's intention is to replace DLA with a Personal Independence Payment, which, in effect, will be a cut, and fewer people will receive it.
Claim: Personal Independence Payments would «better reflect today's understanding of disability» than the Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
When people know that I receive the Personal Independence Payment (PIP — formerly known as Disability Living Allowance) sometimes they almost seem jealous that I get «free money».
In line with what was proposed by last autumn's Smith Commission, Scotland will be given control over the likes of the Disability Living Allowance, the Attendance Allowance, the Carer's Allowance, Personal Independence Payments and Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
The Welfare Reform Bill will see this scrapped and replaced with a new benefit called Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
Last autumn, as Bickle's health worsened, he made a claim for the personal independence payment (PIP).
The public accounts committee report paints a picture of a benefit decision - making system which collapsed into chaos, with Atos taking up to eight months to decide about people's entitlement for personal independence payments (PIP).
«We completely refute any allegation of misinformation during the procurement process for Personal Independence Payment.
IDS, who has overseen some of the most brutal cuts to welfare in a generation since 2010, said the # 4.4 billion cut to Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) was a step too far.
Despite masterminding six years of brutal welfare reductions, Mr Duncan Smith claimed the latest # 4.4 billion cut to Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) was a step too far even for him.
It comes amid mounting anger at the Chancellor's plans to slash vital disability benefits including the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for those unable to wash or go to the toilet unaided.
Charities warned cutting Personal Independence Payments (PIP) would be «devastating» after the move was confirmed last Friday by Disabilities Minister Justin Tomlinson.
The hit to 640,000 disabled people on Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will be even worse than everyone predicted
When Capita begins its contract, in June, to assess claimants for the new disability benefit, known as personal independence payment (PIP), all of the assessment centres will be located on the ground floor.
Michelle Mitchell, Chief Executive of the MS Society, said: «Changes to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will increase anxiety and fear in thousands of people with MS.
The hit to 640,000 people on Personal Independence Payments (PIP) by 2020 will be even worse than Labour and charities predicted.
This time it was to do with a key claim underpinning Mr Duncan Smith's decision to abolish Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and replace it with a new benefit, the Personal Independence Payment.
We've forced them back on tax credits, forced them back on police cuts, forced them back on personal independence payments for those with disabilities, forced them back when they tried to
Mark Harper, the minister for disabled people, will appear in front of the work and pensions select committee on Wednesday today to defend the government's troubled record on implementation of the new disability benefit, the personal independence payment (PIP).
But the Government's assessment for the new Personal Independence Payment is deeply flawed.
The Department for Work and Pensions is to push back the dates for transferring claimants from the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP).