Thousands of people with universal credit could be due to £ 5,000 after the judicial claim

Up to 13,000 universal credit claimers could be due to compensation after the DWP resolved a judicial claim.

Thousands of people on universal credit could be entitled to compensation of £ 5,000 of the department for labor and pensions (DWP). Up to 13,000 universal credit claimers could be due to compensation after the DWP resolved a judicial claim.

It follows a legal challenge by lawyers Leigh Day on behalf of 275 plaintiffs who lost their severe disability premium after being transferred to the benefit. More than 200 claimants have been granted between £ 200 and £ 3,000 in a damage agreement.

The plaintiffs lost “severe disabled cousins” (SDP) in the movement of Universal Credit In the years prior to the Department of Labor and Pensions they introduced the Gateway SDP scheme to ensure that people no longer lost.

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Others also lost the “improved disability cousin” (EDP) in the transfer to Universal Credit. The drop in income totaled up to £ 180 per month. The loss of income was challenged in the Superior Court by two benefits claims, known as TP and AR, represented by the law firm Leigh Day.

After the Superior Court ruled in favor of TP and AR, the partner of the Leight Day Human Rights team, Ryan Bradshaw, assumed the case on behalf of 275 claimants who had experienced a similar loss of income. Ryan said: “I am glad to have resolved this claim on behalf of my clients. However, there are thousands of others who have been affected in a similar way that have not been in a position to file a claim like this.

“They will also have experienced the loss of £ 180 to month after they were transferred from benefits inherited to universal credit in the years prior to January 2019. They will also have suffered unnecessary stress. An adequate scheme, compensating all the people who have suffered discrimination at the hands of DWPIt must be placed urgently instead. The mistakes made here should never be repeated. “

He believes that more than 15,000 benefits of claimants could also be entitled to financial compensation of some kind. Those are people who, like Ryan’s clients, claimed EDP before moving on to Universal Credit before January 2019 and each experienced a sudden loss of up to £ 180 per month.