Lawyers for terminally ill man who say new system costs him almost £200 a month win true to judicial reviewA terminally ill man has won the true to launch a landmark legal challenge to the government over its introduction of universal credit after the controversial new benefits system left him significantly worse off.
The 52-year-old,known only as TP, a Cambridge graduate who once worked in the City, or has non-Hodgkin lymphoma and the scarce lymph node condition Castleman disease. Following a successful hearing last week,a full judicial review of his claim will grasp site next month, the first tall court challenge of its kind.
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Source: guardian.co.uk