Nearly two million people across Scotland and the rest of the UK are still waiting on a judge to rule on whether the UK Government's decision not to extend the £20 uplift to claimants on legacy benefits and provide them with additional support during the pandemic was fair.
People on Universal Credit received a £20 weekly increase from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from April 2020 to October 2021 to help them pay for additional costs incurred during the coronavirus crisis and subsequent lockdowns.
However, the uplift was not extended to those on older benefits such as Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), which campaign groups said disproportionately affected disabled people.
