The gross injustices experienced by severely disabled people over Universal Credit are still rumbling on.
You may recall that the DWP was directed to compensate people who had lost benefit when they were obliged to move to UC, and consequently missed out on severe disability premiums they should have been entitled to.
The DWP has now also lost in the Court of Appeal.
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