DWP v no £20 uplift for people on ESA and income support tribunal result

mrpip2002uk

Hi,dont know if there is a discussion link already on the site for this,but i cant see one?
Has anyone heard or know if the decission from the tribunal judges held last december as been given yet?

It was a tribunal where people on income support and Esa etc took the DWP to court because of the discrimination by the Dwp who gave people on UC a £20 a week uplift during covid,
but people on Esa and income support etc were not awarded the £20 a week uplift.

To me it was a clear case of descrimination,esa and income support are the lowest paid benefits awarded to people so they should have also got the £20 pw uplift

Hopefully someone can tell me if a result from the court case as been decided,its been a year now?
Thanks all ,John

mrpip2002uk

Thanks you

poppy123456

Full details here. https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/legacy-benefits-appeal-fails

mrpip2002uk

thank you Poppy, what a poor decision!

poppy123456

I’m a legacy benefits claimant too and to be honest I never did think it was discrimination. 

They included it will UC because of the situation at the time for those that lost lost so much financially due to the pandemic. 

They couldn’t separate those from anyone else claiming UC so had no other option but to give it to all UC claimants.