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The government wants to reverse two recent court rulings that would have made another 160,000 people eligible for the Personal Independence Payment or PIP.

PIP is a benefit paid to the long term ill or disabled and replaces an older payment called Disability Living Allowance.

PIP has two parts, one to cover daily living expenses and the other to cover mobility or getting around.

Under PIP you are scored based on your needs.

More than eight points and you get the lower or standard rate (拢55.10 a week for living expenses and 拢21.80 for mobility).

More than 12 points and you get an enhanced rate (拢82.30 for living and 拢57.45 for mobility).

The Department for Work and Pensions says, "Since PIP was introduced more than 1.9 million decisions have been made...the vast majority have been upheld."

It also says, "65 percent of PIP recipients with a mental health condition get the highest rate of daily living payments."

We were contacted by Brian Rollinson who served with the British Army in Northern Ireland in the 1980s. He was injured back then and later diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. Our reporter Jim Reed went to meet him.

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