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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently announced that plans to reform Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have been put on hold until a 'comprehensive review' into the current assessment process has been conducted, expected to be completed by next Autumn. However, DWP also confirmed that the disability benefit will continue to rise each year in line with the September inflation rate. ‌

This is due to be published on Wednesday, October 22 with the uprating officially confirmed at the Autumn Budget in November. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rate for August was 3.8 per cent. ‌

If the CPI inflation rate remains unchanged at 3.8 per cent, people on the highest awards of the daily liv

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