Thousands of pip people will get higher benefits after winning a legal victory
Thousands of pip people will get higher benefits after winning a legal victory
Thousands of disabled people will be given higher benefits after winning a legal victory over the Tory government.
Ministers have been forced to rewrite Personal Independence Payment (PIP) rules following the defeat at a top-level court.
People will now get £70 to £90 a week extra backdated to the day of the Upper Tribunal, which includes a High Court judge on its panel, in March.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/thousands-disabled-people-higher-benefits-11455561
this includes back pay
Ministers have been forced to rewrite Personal Independence Payment (PIP) rules following the defeat at a top-level court.
People will now get £70 to £90 a week extra backdated to the day of the Upper Tribunal, which includes a High Court judge on its panel, in March.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/thousands-disabled-people-higher-benefits-11455561
this includes back pay
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