of time while they wait for wrongly refused benefit claims to be overturned, The Independent has learned. New figures show that the average wait for the first round of an appeal against a rejected personal independence payment (Pip) claim has
Tens of thousands of disabled people are being left out of pocket for increasing lengths
soared from 29 days to 54 days. Campaigners said that the surge in waiting times was a cruel irony as most people who took their cases to tribunal went on to win, while claimants said the process compounded the health issues they were suffering.