Inclusion London

22/08/2026

While Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is not, and shouldn't be, linked to work, our research shows that it plays a vital role in keeping many Disabled people in their jobs.

Read the report, available in summary, Easy Read and BSL:

Our report on PIP and work

21/08/2026

The Timms Review panel members have been told their changes to PIP must ‘stay within fixed financial limits’. This means the budget for PIP cannot increase. True coproduction means shifting power and sharing decision-making in all areas, not just where it’s convenient.

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments, reviews, appeals.

20/08/2026

Back in March, we supported the My Life My Choice 'Free to Be Me' day of action at St Andrew's Hospital.

Our message is clear: Abuse in mental health hospitals must stop. St Andrew's must close, and patients should be moved safely into the community.

Read about the day:

We joined My Life My Choice at their day of action

18/08/2026

This is fantastic news which will break down barriers for so many Disabled people. Huge congratulations to the Disabled campaigners and organisations who fought to hard for this change.

The change, which has been welcomed by campaign groups, will come into effect in England from April.

18/08/2026

Reform’s regressive benefits proposal is an attack on Disabled people's lives, independence and wellbeing. Their proposed plans would only push us further into poverty and endanger our lives.

Read full statement from Disability Poverty Campaign Group ( led by Disability Rights UK and Inclusion London):

The proposals for benefit change from Reform are totally unjustified, unfair and dangerous. They threaten to remove vital support from millions of Disabled people, increase poverty and insecurity, and shift responsibility onto already overstretched local authorities. Rather than actually addressing....

13/08/2026

The Timms review panel are calling for participants to help shape and test the recommendations that form part of the final report.

15 workshops are taking place online and in person across the UK during September and October 2026.

We are aware of the mixed responses to the interim report. This is a chance for Disabled people and Disabled People’s Organisations to discuss the proposed recommendations based on our experience of PIP.

There are 300 participant places available.

Registration opens on Wednesday 12th August 2026 at 10am and closes on Friday 21st August 2026, 5pm.
Those selected as participants will be made aware by 4th September 2026.

Register your interest to be a participant here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timms-review-of-personal-independence-payment-register-your-interest-in-a-shaping-recommendations-workshop/timms-review-register-your-interest-in-a-shaping-recommendations-workshop

If you are a Disabled People’s Organisation and need support or have further questions regarding registering your interest, please contact us at: [email protected]

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05/08/2026

We know that Personal Independence Payment helps many Disabled people stay in work.

But how? 🤔

In May 2025, we ran a survey with the Research Institute for Disabled
Consumer’s nationally representative panel of Disabled people. Responses from 171 people who currently or previously received PIP while in work showed...

92% of respondents told us they use some or all of their PIP payments to pay for work-related accessibility costs.

70% of respondents reported using PIP to pay for transport to and from work or to get around while working. This was the most common work-related expense that our participants reported paying for with PIP.

52% of respondents reported using PIP to pay for aids or appliances that are essential for their work.

Other common work-related uses of PIP payments were: therapies to help them stay healthy enough to work; paying a support worker to help them get dressed, shower and eat before work; access costs for professional development and training; paying for personal assistance e.g. using the toilet at work.

Many of these costs should be covered by Access to Work or NHS services, but in reality many Disabled people face unfair rejections or long waiting lists when trying to use these provisions. They are then forced to use their PIP to cover gaps where these services have failed in order to keep their jobs.

The bottom line is that if the Government want to see more Disabled people in work, cuts to PIP are not the answer. If we want a truly inclusive society, Disabled people must be supported to thrive in work, not just barely cling on to it.

31/07/2026

New research confirms what Disabled People's Organisations have been saying: that charging pushes people into poverty, debt and ill health. The current system is an unfair postcode lottery that puts huge pressure on unpaid carers and the NHS. The Government now have the opportunity to do the right thing and end this scandal once and for all.

Disabled people have told researchers that charging for social care is “unjust and harmful”, just as the new prime minister has spoken of his determination to address reform of the social care syst…

30/07/2026

Renu Arora's story is just another case of a Disabled person being pushed out of a career they love by cuts to Access to Work. The Government say they want Disabled people in work, then take away the support we need to do our jobs. This is why we must

DWP cuts to Access to Work have left disabled artist Renu Arora unable to act on stage despite funding to tell her story in a musical.

29/07/2026

We welcome the Prime Minister’s determination to solve the social care crisis. Across the country, people are being pushed into poverty to pay for their care, often having to sell their homes or give up the little they receive in benefits. This must change.

The Government must now work closely with Disabled people and our organisations to build a social care system that's free at the point of use, so that everyone, young and old, can receive the support they need to live a fulfilling life.