Claimants lost out by up to £20,000 each over seven years after they were moved onto the disability benefit. The sum puts huge strain on government finances just a day after leaked plans emerged to spend hundreds of millions of pounds improving six-in-one benefit Universal Credit. Previously the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) only planned to refund people for benefits they were denied after 21 October 2014. The bill has also increased due to extra evidence gathered by a a 400-strong DWP team who are still reviewing 570,000 cases. On top of this, the DWP will also have to continue funding people's higher benefit claims as time goes on.

Source: Daily Mirror October 17, 2018 08:42 UTC