The DWP: in the dock again
As The Canary previously reported, on 14 June the DWP lost part of a court case over Universal Credit. It centred on the loss of benefits for two claimants when they moved onto Universal Credit. Because this new benefit from the DWP replaces most previous ones, some disabled people with severe impairments could lose out on money. Solicitors Leigh Day argued that the DWP had acted unlawfully by not making up a loss of £178 a month for one claimant specifically, when he changed over from his old benefits to Universal Credit.
And the judge partially agreed.
They ruled that the arrangements for the delivery of Universal Credit for severely disabled people are “discriminatory” and “unlawful” on ground three of the case; that is, that the:
implementation of universal credit and the absence of any ‘top up’ payments for this vulnerable group as compared to others constitutes discrimination contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights [ECHR].
McVey had already changed the rules for people receiving the benefit in question: the Severe Disability Premium (SDP). So people moving onto Universal Credit would have the amount they previously received protected. But the judge still found the DWP to have committed “unlawful discrimination”, historically, before it made the changes. Because McVey only made the changes days before the court judgement. And the DWP denied to John Pring at Disability News Service that the two were connected.
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She's a serial liar and needs to be kicked to the curb along with the rest of the psychopaths.
