DWP PIP claimants 'risked being pushed into poverty' as service branded 'poor'

DWP PIP claimants 'risked being pushed into poverty' as service branded 'poor'

The Department for Work and Pensions has been warned over 'unacceptably poor service levels'.

Disability benefit claimants ‘at risk of debt and poverty amid poor DWP service’

Some people are waiting more than a year to have their disability benefit claims processed amid “unacceptably poor service levels”, the Commons spending watchdog has found. Long waiting times have sparked warnings from the influential Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that people can be pushed into debt and poverty as a result. In a report published on Friday, the committee said the Department for Work and Pensions had failed to hit its target for…