No. Most of these changes are designed to be less annoying. The DWP finally realized that making life harder doesn’t help anyone. Unless you’re a pigeon.
August 2026 is still a ways off. But when it comes, be ready for puppets, an AI that laughs at your biscuit habits, and the chance to get paid for walking a dog. If that’s not a reason to keep up with benefit news, I don’t know what is.
Now, go pet a llama. Seriously. It might be tax-deductible.
