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80 Charities: PIP Failing the Disabled from Start to Finish

The Tories’s con-trick personal independence payments (PIPs) are wrecking the health of disabled people across the board and are a disgraceful failure “from start to finish,” more than 80 charities blasted in a report published today.

A majority of people with long-term conditions — including Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and mental health problems — said that being assessed for PIP has harmed their health and caused stress and anxiety, the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) said.

The consortium has been digging into PIP since the Tories brought it in to replace disability living allowance (DLA) in 2013.

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