Your rights defined as PIP overview adjustments to be shared by Andy Burnham authorities
Andy Burnham’s government will be sharing the results of The Timms Review, which is set to overhaul the way people gain from the UK’s main disability benefit
Andy Burnham’s government are making changes to PIP(Image: Zeynep Demir Aslim/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock)
Andy Burnham‘s government is set to shared the results of a huge review the UK’s main disability benefit, the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) – and people are looking into their rights when it comes to the benefit. A major review on the future of PIP is set to be handed to the government in November, with its content expected to explain how the non-means-tested system should be overhauled.
The government launched The Timms Review in October 2025 to ensure PIP is fair and fit for the future, and helps support disabled people to achieve better health, higher living standards and greater independence, including through employment.
How much money people get through the scheme depends on how many points they get, based on how much their condition affects daily life.
PIP supports many people with a disability or long-term health condition, and the government has said it is committed to ensuring it remains a non-means-tested cash benefit for people both in and out of work.
However, people are worried that a possible overhaul could result in it becoming more difficult for people with certain conditions to claim, or cuts for some households.
Applications and payments through PIP have ballooned over the years, which has largely been put down to younger adults claiming for conditions like anxiety, depression and ADHD. It’s understood these claimants could be targeted in the disability benefits overhaul, expected in 2027.
This has led to people on PIP looking into their rights to see what could happen under a PIP overhaul.
What are your rights if you are already receiving PIP?
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can currently stop or reduce your PIP payment over a handful of reasons. These include people railing to return review forms or missing a telephone assessment or face-to-face interview without a good reason.
Another reason PIP could be removed is if the health condition a person is claiming for improves significantly at a scheduled reassessment and they no longer meet the points threshold.
The benefit can also be changed or removed if the person claiming the benefit moves abroad or goes into certain types of NHS-funded or residential care for a long period.
Benefits could also be reduced or stopped if somebody receiving PIP fails to report and change in circumstances, is accused of benefit fraud or the DWP takes back a benefit overpayment.
If a person claiming PIP is not sure why the DWP stopped or reduced their payment, they should check any letters the DWP have sent you or call the PIP enquiry line and ask them to explain.
