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UNDER THE DWP SHAKE-UP, AS MANY AS 3.7 MILLION PEOPLE COULD SEE PAYMENTS CHANGE, REDUCED OR AXED 15:57, 21 May 2025 People set to lose their Personal Independence Payment or Universal Credit

benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) can protect themselves - by keeping a diary. Under the DWP shake-up, as many as 3.7 million people could see payments change,

reduced or axed. But before the changes begin in November, people on PIP are being reminded how maintaining a diary can help. This is a vital tool which can be used on your mobile phone,

computer, laptop or tablet. You should take note if tasks were painful for you, take you a long time, puts you or someone else in danger, makes you feel breathless, or makes you unsteady.

READ MORE NEW UK PRIMARY SCHOOL DINNER RULES WITH SOME STAPLES BEING 'BANNED' Keeping all medical appointments related to your condition is crucial, too. “Being disabled already

puts you at a higher risk of living in poverty,” said Katie Schmuecker, principal policy adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. “These cuts are likely to mean many more disabled people

needing to regularly use food banks because they can’t afford basic essentials like food … The government must stop these planned cuts if it’s committed to ending the moral scar of food bank

use.” Svetlana Kotova, director of campaigns and justice at Inclusion London, a deaf and disabled people’s organisation, said: “These statistics are further evidence of how much misery the

government is willing to inflict on disabled people who are already living in poverty. “Poverty costs money and displaces costs on to other services like the NHS, meaning that the cuts to

social security may achieve only 2% of their planned savings.” Article continues below A government spokesperson said: “Our reforms to the broken welfare system we inherited means more than

2 million families in relative poverty will be better off. “As part of our plan for change, we’re creating a sustainable welfare system that genuinely supports people into work and out of

poverty – backed by £1bn additional employment support funding to guarantee tailored help. “Alongside this, we’ve increased the ‘national living wage’, uprated benefits, and are helping over

1 million households by introducing a fair repayment rate on universal credit deductions.”