Universal Credit and PIP: government reveals major changes and reforms to health benefits - what was announced

• Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has outlined plans to reform health benefits
• Changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will narrow eligibility, impacting around a million people
• Universal credit will see permanent, above-inflation increases, and the work capability assessment will be scrapped by 2028
• Young people under 22 will no longer receive the incapacity benefit top-up to universal credit
• The government has promised to review PIP assessments and consult with disabled people to ensure fairness