Kate Green MP, Labour’s Shadow Disability Minister, commenting on the PAC report on Personal Independence Payments, said:

“This scathing criticism of the government’s chaotic handling of PIP leaves serious questions about competence at Department for Work and Pensions. Thousands of disabled people are waiting months and months for essential help which means taxpayers are facing a huge bill to deal with the enormous backlog of Personal Independence Payment assessments. If they continue at the current rate, the backlog could take up to 42 years to clear.

“David Cameron must urgently get a grip of this chaotic department to avoid Personal Independence Payments going the same way as the crisis-hit Universal Credit programme.”

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