{"id":360175,"date":"2026-01-09T03:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360175\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:47:07","slug":"long-waits-for-disability-benefit-claims-unacceptable-mps-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360175\/","title":{"rendered":"Long waits for disability benefit claims unacceptable, MPs say"},"content":{"rendered":"

The report also raised concerns about shortening the first meeting Universal Credit claimants have with a work coach from 50 to 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

It warned that without mitigating action from government, “claimants with more complex needs may not get the support they need”.<\/p>\n

Last year, the government abandoned plans which would have made it harder for people to claim Pip<\/a>, in the face of a major rebellion by Labour MPs.<\/p>\n

The government had estimated the proposals would have saved \u00a35bn a year by 2030.<\/p>\n

Instead it launched a review into Pip, led by Minister for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms, which is expected to report back by the autumn.<\/p>\n

The government has said the purpose of the the review is to ensure Pip is “fair and fit for the future rather than to generate proposals for further savings”.<\/p>\n

A DWP spokesperson said: “We’re fixing the broken welfare system we inherited by giving claimants the support they need to move into good, secure jobs and out of poverty.<\/p>\n

“We’ve redeployed around 1,000 work coaches to help sick or disabled people who have been left behind, alongside the most ambitious employment reforms for a generation.<\/p>\n

“These reforms are being delivered as we replace outdated systems through our ambitious \u00a3647m modernisation programme.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The report also raised concerns about shortening the first meeting Universal Credit claimants have with a work coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-360175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}