Four single mothers win high court benefits battle against DWP

Women succeed with action over ‘fundamental problem’ with universal credit systemFour working single mothers have won a legal victory that could force the government to radically overhaul the way it operates the controversial universal credit scheme.Two high court judges ruled the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was wrongly interpreting universal credit regulations after the women – who had argued they were struggling financially because of how the welfare system worked