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Levi Winchester & Aaron Morris

DWP could owe 50,000 disabled people who were moved to Universal Credit money

Thousands of UK residents who were moved off disability benefits and pushed onto Universal Credit could see a share of £150million in compensation.

The revelation comes following on from a court ruling in favour of two disabled men - who alleged that they missed out on hundreds of pounds after their benefits were switched over.

Both of whom received severe disability premium (SDP) and enhanced disability premium (EDP) equating to £178 per month, before being pushed onto Universal Credit in 2016/17 respectively.

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