DWP: 2m benefits claimants could receive £1,040 back payment over legal battle
Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, said itâs simply not right for people to miss out on support
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Over 2m people on benefits could received over £1,000 in back pay over the legacy benefits legal wrangle. When the covid pandemic began, Chancellor Rishi Sunak introduced a £20 a week uplift for more than 6m Universal Credit claimants who were struggling.
Benefit claimants set to get £1,000 in back pay if Government loses court battle
People on so-called legacy benefits were excluded from a £20-a-week lift in Universal Credit payments during the coronavirus pandemic
11:44, 3 MAY 2021
Britain s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (Image: Getty Images)
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Thousands of people who claim benefits could be owed more than £1,000 as the Government faces a legal battle over the £20 uplift.
People who are on the older legacy benefits could be eligible to claim £1,040 in back pay.
DWP battle means millions of benefits claimants could be owed over £1,000 in backpay
The Government is facing a legal battle over the lifeline £20 uplift
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The uplift excludes two million people who have not yet switched to Universal Credit (Image: Nottingham Post / Picture It)
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Universal Credit court battle means benefit claimants could get £1,000 in back pay
The lifeline Covid support payment excluded those on legacy benefits
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Some claimants were left out of the Covid uplift payments (Image: PA)
A legal battle over whether it was fair to exclude some claimants from extra Covid support could see more than two million people get £1,040 in back pay. At the start of the pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak introduced a £20 a week uplift for more than six million Universal Credit claimants struggling due to Covid. However, the boost, which was described as a lifeline, did not include those on so-called legacy benefits, the majority of whom are disabled, sick or carers, reports The Mirror.