Rejected petition Pay legacy benefits claimants the £20/week uplift that was paid to UC claimants

Between April 2020 and October 2021, the DWP decided to pay people claiming Universal Credit £20 per week uplift to top up their benefits during the pandemic at the time they decided not to pay the £20 uplift to disabled people claiming, ESA, Job Seekers Allowance, Income Support or PIP

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4 people have taken the DWP to court for discriminating against the disabled and at the moment they're waiting for a decision from judge Justice Swift, to tell them whether everyone on Legacy Benefits should have been entitled to the uplift money. I'd like parliament to debate if it was wrong not to pay them the same as universal credit claimants and to ask the Minister For Work And Pensions, to justify why many disabled people were discriminated against due to this decision

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Increase UC by £20/week for disabled claimants with limited capability to work.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/600198

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Date submitted 5 February 2022
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