Hundreds of thousands are winning PIP benefit payments after DWP rejected them – but wait times have almost DOUBLED

AROUND 455,000 people have won Personal Independence Payments after appealing decisions by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over the past five years, new data shows.

According to official figures, more than a third (34%) of the 1.3million “mandatory reconsiderations” requested for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions in the past five years led to a change in award.

A mandatory reconsideration is where you ask the...