Legacy benefit claimants across the UK who missed out on the £20 weekly uplift paid to millions of people on Universal Credit during the coronavirus pandemic were able to watch a livestream of the appeal hearing from the Court of Appeal today, Wednesday December 7.
The challenge was streamed live on the Court of Appeal Civil Division’s official YouTube channel for Court 75 here. The appeal ended mid-afternoon with judgment now reserved, which means a ruling will be made at a later date either by email or writing, to the legal team representing the four claimants.
A summary of the proceedings on the Judiciary website states: “Facts: the appeal arises out of a judicial review of the Respondent’s failure as part of the Government’s pandemic response to increase the Personal Allowance of Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance and income-related Employment and Support Allowance (known as ‘legacy benefits’) in line with the increase made to the Standard Allowance for Universal Credit (UC).”
