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Three judges at the Court of Appeal ruled that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has acted irrationally and unlawfully.

A legal challenge to the Universal Credit payment system is to be heard at the High Court.

Around 300,000 more people are in poverty than last year, with many of the biggest cuts to benefits not reflected in the figures, suggesting harder times to come for low income families, says the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.