Everyone asks "how do we afford PIP?" Nobody asks "why does disability cost so much?" A grab rail: £8 at Screwfix. £85 through a mobility company. Adapted cutlery: £12 to manufacture. £35 in the catalogue. A shower seat: £15 plastic stool. £90 as a "shower aid." A postural chair: £200 to build. £800 with "disability" on the label. Disability costs more because the market CHARGES more. Not because it COSTS more. The word "adapted" on the box adds 300-500% to the price. PIP exists to cover the "extra cost of disability." But the extra cost is ARTIFICIAL. Created by manufacturers who know you NEED the product and price accordingly. Fix the price. Sell aids at cost. Remove the markup. Remove the VAT. Remove the glossy catalogue and the sales rep's commission. The "extra cost of disability" drops by 60-80%. PIP spending falls. Without cutting a single person's support. Helen Whately has posted thirteen times asking how to cut PIP. She has never once asked why disability products cost five times what they should. builduk.club disability charter. Fix the price. Not the person.