2021-11-17 High Court Universal Credit legacy benefits challenge
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London, UK. 17th November, 2021. Disability rights activists from groups represented by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice in support of a High Court challenge by four claimants against the decision by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to omit 'legacy benefits' such as Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) from the £20-a-week uplift in Universal Credit on 17th November 2021 in London, United Kingdom. A decision in favour of the claimants could lead to the DWP having to make back payments to almost 2 million sick and disabled people.