People on legacy benefits could be due thousands of back payments following an appeal hearing next week.
The £20 weekly uplift was paid to millions of people claiming Universal Credit during the pandemic. However, the support was not offered to those on legacy benefits, such as Employment Support Allowance (ESA), Income Support and Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) - which campaign groups said disproportionately affected disabled people.
Four claimants brought a challenge to the High Court in November 2021 in relation to the UK Government's failure to apply a similar increase to legacy benefits. Two of the claimants are in receipt of ESA and the third and fourth claimants are in receipt of Income Support and JSA respectively - as the Daily Record reports.
