PIP, formally known as Personal Independence Payment, is designed to help with living costs for those with a long term physical or mental health condition or disability. Living with a health condition or disability can be a financial burden, and so PIP is intended to help. 

Long Covid is described by the NHS as when people experience coronavirus symptoms lasting weeks or months after the infection has gone.

Long-term problems can include extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog, joint pain, depression, chest pain and insomnia, amongst other symptoms.

Now, following a tribunal case, long Covid is now classified as a disability.

The issue was raised by former caretaker Terence Burke, who contracted coronavirus in November 2020.

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All benefits, allowances and pensions are paid into a person’s bank, building society or credit union account.

To claim PIP, Britons need to call the new claims phone line.

They will then be sent a form that asks about their condition which must be completed and send back.

Some individuals may need to have an assessment if more information is required.