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The DWP has announced the launch of the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The review is intended to make sure the benefit is "fair and fit for the future in a changing world ". Ministers will look at making changes to the benefit help disabled people in achieving "better health, higher living standards and greater independence, including through employment". PIP presently offers financial help ranging from £116.80 to £749.80 every four-week payment period, to more than 3.8 million people across England and Wales. The benefit helps people manage the additional expenses associated with a disability or long-term health condition, reports the Daily Record . Labour has pledged it is "committed to ensuring it remains a non-means-tested cash benefit, there for people in and out of work". Despite changing trends in disability and long-term health conditions, as well as changes to the workplace and society, the Government said that PIP has never undergone a comprehensive review. The Government said: "To ensure lived experience is at the heart of its work, the Review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, carers, clinicians, experts, Members of Parliament and other stakeholders. "The Review will be co-chaired by Sir Stephen Timms, Minister for Social Security and Disability, Sharron Brennan and Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE. The co-chairs will oversee a steering group which will jointly lead the Review." The Timms Review will examine both the daily living and mobility components of PIP. It will assess: The UK Government has outlined the scope and several key principles of the Timms Review. These include: The DWP said: "We are committed to concluding the Review by Autumn 2026. The Review will report to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Pat McFadden), so that the Government can then make any decisions flowing from it. "These could take the form of changes to primary legislation, secondary legislation, as well as a range of potential non-legislative actions."
