Personal Independence Payment, or PIP, is a working-age benefit which individuals with recognised disabilities can apply for to support them with meeting the additional costs which those disabilities can incur in daily life, and in accessing employment. While PIP is "not means tested", this doesn't mean it's "just handed to anyone who says they're disabled" - non means-tested just means that an individual's income and savings are not considered when their application is being assessed. This is often the first issue that comes up when PIP is being discussed in media, both mainstream and social - "non means-tested" is frequently thrown around media discussions very casually, allowing the assumption that "they're just handing it out to anyone!" rather than, in contrast to the unemployment and under-employment benefit that is Universal Credit, which brings income restrictions for those in part-time or gig-economy work, as well...
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