She then appealed by asking the DWP for an internal “mandatory reconsideration”, where only 14 per cent of decisions are overturned.
… she appealed to a tribunal. Nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of Pip awards are overturned in favour of the claimant at this stage
There’s a reason a review of this system found it degrading. You’re forced to fight for ages for what you are rightly supposed to get. It’s a tight-fisted system that aims to wear you down until you give up.
Such a system doesn’t need cuts, it needs reform, but will Labour’s reform just make it worse, given that it is centered around reducing costs? I don’t believe so.