Goodbye to PIP, but hello to what? Disability, social security, devolution and policy change in Scotland
Heap, Dan (2024) Goodbye to PIP, but hello to what? Disability, social security, devolution and policy change in Scotland. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 32 (1). pp. 170-180. (https://doi.org/10.1332/17598273Y2023D000000011)
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Abstract
The Scottish Government has ambitions to build a new social security system in Scotland with new powers over social security. With the ability to now entirely replace the UK’s Personal Independence Payment, highly controversial for the way it has narrowed entitlement and made the process of applying stressful, the Scottish Government has the opportunity to transform both the experience of disabled people in applying for social security and ensure that what is paid more accurately reflects the costs of disability. However, while significant improvements to the process of applying appear to have been made and these are having a positive impact on access to payment, the Scottish Government’s gradualist approach has also put off by some years more fundamental improvements.
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Heap, Dan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4152-2302;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 85261 Dates: DateEvent1 February 2024Published15 January 2024Published Online12 December 2023AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 25 Apr 2023 10:02 Last modified: 12 Dec 2024 14:25 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/85261