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How the government and the DWP made PIP policy on the fly

How the government and the DWP made PIP policy on the fly12 apr25 min

In this episode, I talk to renowned benefits journalist Chaminda Jayanetti. We talk about this Labour government's attempt to make cuts to the personal independence payment disability support benefit last year. In particular, we talk about the fact that the government didn't realise who the cuts would hit. Government happily imagined that the people affected would be people with mental health and autism conditions - you know, the so-called snowflakes that politics loves to hate.&n...