The Short Answer
This page separates what has changed for PIP from what has been proposed. Each item carries its legal status and the date it took effect: a statutory instrument number where it is law, a publication and date where it is a review or a consultation. Two changes are currently in force for 2026/27 — the April uprating and a rule confirming that working alone is not a reassessment trigger. Nothing else affects an award today.
What Is In Force
Two changes, both with commencement dates.
| Change | Legal status | In force from | Effect on payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 uprating | Law | April 2026 | All four rates rose; applied automatically |
| Working alone is not a reassessment trigger | S.I. 2026/395 | 30 April 2026 | Starting work does not, by itself, cause a review |
Last checked: 7 August 2026
The uprating raised the daily living standard rate from £73.90 to £76.70 a week and the enhanced rate from £110.40 to £114.60. Mobility rose from £29.20 to £30.30 and from £77.05 to £80.00. Both changes are covered in full on the welfare reform page.
Last checked: 6 August 2026
What Is Under Review
One review, with an interim report published and a final report due. The Timms Review of PIP is led by Sir Stephen Timms MP, Minister for Social Security and Disability.
Its interim report was published on 9 July 2026 and made no recommendations. The final report is due in autumn 2026. Nothing in the review changes an award, and no consequent regulations exist.
Last checked: 7 August 2026
How This Page Reports Change
Three rules, applied to every item.
- Status before substance. Every item says whether it is law, a draft, a proposal or a review, before it says what it does.
- A date or nothing. Law is cited by statutory instrument and commencement date. A review is cited by publication and date. An item with neither is not reported here as a change.
- Payment impact only. Items are described by what they do to entitlement, rates, reviews or payment dates. The politics of welfare policy are outside what this site covers.
The effect is that a proposal reported elsewhere as a cut appears here, if at all, as a proposal with no commencement date — because that is what it is until regulations are made.
What to Do When You See a Headline
Check three things before acting on it. Coverage of benefit changes routinely reports proposals as decisions.
Ask whether the change is in force, and from when. Ask whether it applies to existing awards or only to new claims. Ask what the source is: a statutory instrument, a ministerial statement, or an unattributed briefing.
Where the answer to the first question is no, nothing about your award has changed, and no action is available to take. Awards continue to be paid at current rates under current rules until a change commences.
Standing Items
Two things change on a predictable cycle, whatever else does.
Rates are uprated each April, and awards in payment are adjusted automatically. Reviews continue on their scheduled cycle, set by the award length in your decision letter, and payments continue while a review is decided. The award reviews page covers what a review involves.
Where an award increases at review or on appeal, the difference for the period since the changed entitlement arose is paid as arrears. The PIP back pay calculator prices that period.
Each monthly briefing is listed in the directory below. The current set covers the April 2026 uprating, the reassessment regulations in force from 30 April 2026, the Timms Review interim report of 9 July 2026, the DWP and MoJ statistics releases, and the quarterly Motability price list.
Related guidance: April uprating.