Benefit claimants who could be due back payments if the UK Government loses a legal case over whether it was fair to exclude people on legacy benefits from extra Covid support will have to wait longer for a decision.
More than two million people on legacy benefits who did not receive the weekly £20 Universal Credit uplift, could be due payments of around £1,500 from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - dating back to March 2020 when the extra cash was first introduced.
However, the court case that was scheduled to take place at the High Court over September 28 and 29 has now been delayed and will not go ahead this month, according to one of the litigants involved in the case.
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