Concessions offered over disability benefit changes

Ministers are set to make further concessions over controversial proposed changes to disability benefits.

The government has agreed to halve the time seriously ill or disabled people will have to wait to be eligible for Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) from six to three months.

The move came after peers defeated the coalition over other welfare changes.

No 10 said the government had listened to disability groups' concerns but campaigners wanted further changes.

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