Five disabled people have succeeded in a legal challenge to the government's decision to abolish the Independent Living Fund.
The £320m ILF currently provides support enabling nearly 19,000 severely disabled people in the UK to live independent lives in the community. The High Court ruled in April that the closure decision was lawful. But the five argued the court had gone wrong in law and there had been a lack of proper consultation over changes. They said that, without ILF funding and support, they would be forced into residential care or lose their ability to participate in work and everyday activities on the same basis as able-bodied people. 'Powerful'The scheme's average payout is £300 a week, and the government has said that councils, which administer most social care, will take over funding this help......Read more here