Changes to the Daily Living component of PIP:

• Claimants currently score points across multiple activities to qualify.

• A minimum of 8 points is needed to qualify.

• Under new rules, claimants must still score 8 points overall, but at least 4 points must come from a single activity.

Freezing the health element of Universal Credit:

• The health element will be frozen from 2026/2027.

• New claimants from April 2026 will receive a much lower health element.

• The timeline for this change may still change.

Severe Disability Premium:

• A new premium will be introduced for those with severe and lifelong conditions who receive the health element.

• Details are not yet known.

Support for disabled young people:

• Disabled children will continue to receive Disability Living Allowance (DLA) until age 18.

• They will not be eligible for the health element of Universal Credit until they turn 22.

Scrapping the Work Capability Assessment (WCA):

• The WCA will be scrapped in 2028.

• It will be replaced by a tougher PIP assessment.

New benefit: Unemployment Insurance:

• Contribution-based ESA and Jobseeker’s Allowance will be merged into a new benefit called Unemployment Insurance.

• It will be paid at a set rate for a limited time only.

• Disabled people will not receive any extra money under this benefit.

Consultation on disability benefit changes:

• The Government is consulting on some disability benefit reforms.

• However, changes to PIP and the scrapping of the WCA will not be part of the consultation.

• These changes will be made through primary legislation.