The Benefits and Work Newsletter can be an excellent source of advice and inside information on benefits for older people and people with disabilities.
Here’s their introduction to the latest edition (October 2026), with a link to the full newsletter.
In this edition, we reveal plans being considered by the Timms review which could mean PIP awards are based on the costs of things such as equipment, transport, clothing and bedding.
And, after more than 5,000 Benefits and Work readers took part in our survey, we reveal just how unpopular that idea is.
And lastly on the Timms review, we discover that a Cardiff based workshop has had to be moved online because of fears of disruption by protestors.
Elsewhere, we have new figures showing a 63% rise in the tribunal backlog, while the number of PIP planned award reviews has plunged by 71%.
And our new child DLA to PIP guide comes with a warning: although almost two-thirds of young people get a higher award when they move to PIP, outcomes vary enormously according to their main disabling condition.
In our feedback, we hear from Charles, who had always thought it was impossible to challenge the DWP until Benefits and Work gave him the confidence to do so. Margaret was also encouraged by stories she read here to appeal her PIP award, whilst Siobhan used our guides to help her through a PIP review.