Guide

Disability benefits and support

People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by the changes in the welfare system. And they are often dealt a double blow when cuts to their disability benefits tip them into the maze of work and unemployment benefits.

The great welfare fiasco

A. Universal Credit

B. Benefit cap

C. Housing

1. Shared accommodation/under 35s

2. Bedroom tax

D. Disability benefits and support

1. Independent Living Fund

2. Personal Independence Payments

3. Employment and Support Allowance

E. Work and unemployment

1. Jobseeker's Allowance

2. Universal Jobmatch

3. The work programme

4. Mandatory workfare

5. Sanctions

F. Council tax benefit abolished

In this section:

  1. Independent Living Fund – ILF
     
  2. Personal Independence Payments – PIP
     
  3. Employment and Support Allowance – ESA


(Note: Claimants challenging ESA decisions that have declared them fit for work are increasingly likely to be placed on Jobseeker’s Allowance, and don't get ESA while awaiting a mandatory reconsideration decision, which creates additional problems. For more information, see Work and unemployment on this website.)

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