Legacy Benefits uplift, we've lost the battle.

Oxonlady
Oxonlady Scope Member Posts: 563 Pioneering
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I have just heard that the Court of Appeal has dismissed the case of four claimants who stated that not granting people on legacy benefits the same £20 uplift that people on Universal Credit received during Lockdown constituted discrimination against disabled people.
Of course I am extremely disappointed and appalled by the Courts' decisions. Many people got financial support during Lockdown. People who are chronically ill and disabled received nothing extra. Why? It is very unfair. Do we not matter? Well, obviously not. So now we know what the government really thinks of us. We're not a priority, we don't matter.
Sorry but I'm just so angry and upset... 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    I'm a legacy benefit claimant but to be honest i didn't expect them to win at all.


  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    Oxonlady said:.. appalled by the Courts' decisions. ..
    it isn’t the role of the court to agree or disagree with government policy. The court can only consider whether or not the find the policy to be lawful.
  • Oxonlady
    Oxonlady Scope Member Posts: 563 Pioneering
    Hi @calcotti, I don't see how something that is so clearly discriminatory can be lawful. 
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Nit all disabled claim legacy benefits some claim uc so got the uplift in the same way not all peoole on legacy benefits are disabled.  So it wasn't discrimination against disabled 

    Tho I do think everyone should have had the same uplift 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    For those that are claiming ESA in the Support Group without the SDP they could have moved to UC during Covid and received the uplift. UC and LCWRA pays more than ESA Support Group anyway (though not if SDP is included in the ESA)
  • Oxonlady
    Oxonlady Scope Member Posts: 563 Pioneering
    Hi @janer1967, I agree. Why support financially one group on benefits but not the group on Legacy benefits? 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    Oxonlady said:
    Hi @calcotti, I don't see how something that is so clearly discriminatory can be lawful. 
    Obviously you can have an opinion but nonetheless the courts have decided the approach taken by the government is lawful.
  • Oxonlady
    Oxonlady Scope Member Posts: 563 Pioneering
    Hi @calcotti, yes of course, and I think the judicial process is over, that's why I said that we've lost the battle. Sometimes legal judgements are not necessarily morally right but there's nothing we can do about that. 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    Oxonlady said: Sometimes legal judgements are not necessarily morally right but there's nothing we can do about that. 
    Indeed 'moral' and 'legal' do often part company!
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    stormy said:
    calcotti said:
    Oxonlady said:.. appalled by the Courts' decisions. ..
    it isn’t the role of the court to agree or disagree with government policy. The court can only consider whether or not the find the policy to be lawful.
    Why did they find it to be lawful?
    https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2023/24.html

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