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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

Disabled people left short in universal credit move may get compensation

A universal credit door sign
DWP officials had advised the claimants that they would not lose money by moving to universal credit. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Tens of thousands of disabled people across the UK wrongly deprived of benefits by the Department for Work and Pensions could share in compensation potentially totalling about £150m after an appeal court ruling.

Lawyers for two disabled men who first took the DWP to court five years ago have written to the government asking them to set out how they will compensate them and others who were left hundreds of pounds out of pocket each year after being moved on to universal credit.

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