A Court of Appeal hearing will take place near the end of the year over a battle between the Department for Work and Pensions and people who receive legacy benefits, it has been confirmed.
People on Universal Credit received an extra £20 a week for 18 months during the Covid pandemic. The uplift, amounting to a total of £1,560, came to an end in October 2021.
However, those on other benefits argue that they too should have had the money to deal with the additional costs they had to bear during that same period. Legacy benefits recipients say the decision not to give them a top-up as well was discriminatory and in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.
