PIPs disability benefit delay unlawful, says High Court

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33020987

A delay in paying welfare benefits to two disabled people was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.
Delays of at least nine months for Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) for these "most vulnerable" of people were unreasonable, a judge ruled.
But the court ruled the pair's human rights were not breached which means they are not entitled to compensation.
The pair's lawyers said the ruling showed "clear failings" in the system but ministers said it was improving.

There are currently 78,700 people waiting to hear if they can claim PIPs, of whom 3,200 have waited more than a year to have their claims processed, and 22,800 have waited more than 20 weeks.

It's absolutely unacceptable that people have to wait 20 weeks and receive absolutely no help during that time! It's good to see the government successfully helping those that need it >.>

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So, PDPs would probably be a more accurate term, then. That may trump EIC on the welfare euphemism meter.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33020987




It's absolutely unacceptable that people have to wait 20 weeks and receive absolutely no help during that time! It's good to see the government successfully helping those that need it >.>

Thousands of people have been waiting for a year or more. Many people have died as a direct result.

Something to bear in mind given this forum's obsession with ISIS-far, far more people have died as a result of this government's economic policies than have died from terrorism.

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Thousands of people have been waiting for a year or more.

Rollout has been utterly shit.

Many people have died as a direct result.

That needs evidence, and bear in mind that people dying whilst waiting for PIP payments =/= people dying due to not receiving PIP payments.

Something to bear in mind given this forum's obsession with ISIS-far, far more people have died as a result of this government's economic policies than have died from terrorism.

As bugger all people generally die from terrorism in the UK, that's a bizarre comparison to make. The UK death rate is falling and has been for decades. Can you give some evidence of all these people dying from the Government's economic policies?