Sir Stephen Timms: “They're going to be very well thought through proposals, thanks to this lengthy and very carefully considered exercise…”

We are committed to making changes so that Pip can fulfil its purpose for disabled people and those with long-term conditions, both now and into the future.

We've provided extensive tailored support to ensure the most vulnerable customers are supported on every step of their journey.

We're certainly going to be looking fairly at how these decisions are being made, and the question of fiscal sustainability for the benefit is going to be a concern as we reach these decisions.

We will not be moving away from the importance of that, but I think there is a question about whether the process can also point people towards help that may be valuable to them in addition to, or in some cases perhaps instead of, a cash…