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David Bentley & Sophie Finnegan

Thousands of Universal Credit claimants to get share of £150m backpay after court case

Around 50,000 Universal Credit Claimants will get a share of £150 million from the Department for Work and Pensions following a court case.

It comes after two men who moved from other state benefits on to Universal Credit won a legal challenge after their payments dropped.

Before being switched to Universal Credit, the men, known as TP and AR, were each getting £180 extra a month in their old benefits, Birmingham Live reports.

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