Stephen Smith, who was denied vital payments for years by the Government, is set to get a substantial amount of cash, the Liverpool Echo reports. He has already been paid back around £4,000 for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA payments he should have received over several years. People across the UK were left shocked after it emerged Stephen had been denied ESA and forced to leave hospital to fight a tribunal battle with the DWP. The DWP apologised for his ordeal and agreed to reinstate his ESA payments, as well as back-paying him the money that he was wrongly denied. "Following the independent tribunal’s ruling, he is now receiving full ESA support.

Source: Daily Mirror February 17, 2019 21:45 UTC