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DWP benefit claimants could be due £1,500 back pay in legal case over £20 uplift this month

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More than two million benefit claimants could be due £1,500 in back payments if the UK Government loses a legal case due to be heard later this month on whether it was fair to exclude people on legacy benefits from extra Covid support.

Earlier this year, the High Court granted two people claiming Employment Support Allowance (ESA) the right to challenge a decision not to increase their payments in line with the top-up given to those on Universal Credit.

However, the court case scheduled to take place at the High Court over September 28 and 29 was postponed and will now take place on November 17 and 18, according to one of the litigants involved in the case.

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