The time for reconsideration on benefit decisions rose to 71 working days in 2024, more than doubling between December 2023 ...

Anyone denied benefits can appeal if they think the decision was wrong, a mistake was made, or evidence was overlooked.

People who claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) have been warned over "chaos" at the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP). Benefits and Work reports mandatory reconsiderations for PIP are ...

This delay means that pensioners who depend on the Winter Fuel Payment to warm their homes, or ill or disabled individuals ...

The DWP process, known as mandatory reconsideration, means your case can be reconsidered - if you appeal within the time ...

Meanwhile, just under a quarter of personal independence payment (PIP) claims were revised. A DWP spokesperson said: “The focus of Mandatory Reconsideration is to ensure the right decision is ...

including personal independence payments (PIP), universal credit, and the winter fuel payment. Welfare experts say a long wait for mandatory reconsideration can be detrimental to applicants ...

The department says it is working to address a ‘backlog’ of cases by March but has no mandatory deadline to reduce average wait times ...