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McVey bows to ‘safely, reliably’ pressure on PIP regulations

07/02/2013 – 10:00 am

The government has bowed to intense campaigning pressure and agreed to add vital wording to its new personal independence payment (PIP) assessment, and to give the amendment legal force.
Today’s change to the PIP regulations, which will be debated next month (February) in parliament and will come into force in April as the government begins [...]

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Minister picks PIP link option for blue badge scheme

05/02/2013 – 3:00 pm

The government has decided not to widen automatic entitlement to the disabled person’s blue parking badge when disability living allowance (DLA) is replaced by a new benefit.

The decision was announced by the Liberal Democrat transport minister, Norman Baker, as he published the government’s response to a consultation on future eligibility for the blue badge [...]

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