January 14, 2021 at 5:14 pm
#136266
There is no question the PIP scheme is being mismanaged – for which it’s time someone was held to account. But the move from DLA to PIP was driven by the desire to address the legacy of the Thatcher era which put thousands of unemployed people on disability benefits to massage the unemployment figures. As usual a moderate aim became a monster when the civil service promised too much and it was handed over to a greedy and uncaring private sector to manage.