The DWP could announce sweeping reforms to PIP (Personal Independence Payment) eligibility to cut the benefits bill. The benefit supports people who have additional costs due to a long-term health condition, providing payments up to £737.20 each four week pay period.

Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, is set to announce reforms to the benefit system on Tuesday (March 18) with experts wondering what this could involve. Christopher Massey, principal lecturer in British history, politics, administration and policy at Teesside University, said changes to PIP could be on the cards.