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 week on whether it was fair to exclude people on legacy benefits from receiving extra Coronavirus financial support.
Earlier this year, the High Court in England 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 hearing scheduled to take place over November 17 and 18 has been delayed, according to one of the litigants involved in the case, and has now been moved to Friday, November 19.
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