PIP apparently made easier

My local council sends out an email every so oFten, in which they congratulate themselves for something or other. This time however, after scaring everyone silly re: introduction of Universal Credit, they offered some words of wisdom. In a nutshell, you need to be registered with the 'Government Gateway', this being a system whereby you prove you are who you say you are. It's quite complicated, so you need to Google it and read it - if you applied for a Passport recently, for example, you will probably be on their register already. So if you know anyone who migHt be affected by UC, get them to read it; it might cut down the 6 week waiting