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Benefits claimants in Dumfries and Galloway could pocket a £1,560 payout
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dailyrecord.co.ukThousands of people on benefits in Dumfries and Galloway who missed out on additional Covid payments could pocket £1,560 each in the coming weeks.It all depends on the outcome of a landmark case currently being heard at the High Court in London.Four people have taken the UK government to court in a row over the £20 a week uplift to help people claimingUniversal Credit cope with additional costs during the Covid-19 crisis from April 2020 to October 2021.The extra payments – totalling £1,560 – were not extended to those on older benefits such as Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), which campaign groups say disproportionately affected disabled people.If the judicial review finds that the Department for Work and
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