DWP conducting urgent investigation into PIP figures as record numbers of benefit stopped | Personal Finance | Finance

Almost three (2.9) million Britons depend on personal independence payments (PIP) to help them make ends meet but thousands have had their benefits stopped over the last few years.

Shocking figures reveal this has increased more than 400 percent in just four years, leading to calls for the DWP to investigate the matter urgently.

The figures were requested by disabled Labour MP Marsha de Cordova who is worried that some PIP claimants may not be able to respond due to their condition.

Vicky Foxcroft, Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people, told Disability News Service (DNS) these figures are “very concerning”.

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