Stourbridge

Cat Eccles, Labour MP for Stourbridge, told the BBC the move was "brutal" and that people unable to wash themselves could lose out under the proposed new system.

She has around a 3,000 majority in her Stourbridge seat but points out that more than 8,000 constituents receive Pip.

Before becoming MP for Stourbridge, in the West Midlands, she found herself dependent on benefits when she was on long-term sick leave from her NHS job.

Jobe and Jude were both born in Stourbridge in the West Midlands and came through Birmingham's academy.

The council said Christmas switch-on events would take place in Halesowen on 15 November, in Brierley Hill and Stourbridge on 22 November, in Sedgley on 23 November and in Dudley on 6 December.