Isle of Wight Council care cuts unlawful

[pompeyfaith]

The families of two autistic men have won a High Court case over cuts to social care by Isle of Wight Council.
A judge ruled the council's new eligibility criteria were unlawful and should be quashed by the court.
Under the plans only vulnerable adults assessed as critical or at risk of becoming critical would qualify.
Lawyers for the men said it was a "landmark judgement". Isle of Wight Council said the changes were in response to cuts in government funding.
The council said 32 people who have had already had changes made to their care are being offered a reassessment. Campaigners said up to 2,000 people could have been affected by changes.


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[garlok]

Re: Isle of Wight Council care cuts unlawful

Thats a piece of good news PF. It backs up the recent Birmingham decision in the High Court which also ruled "critical only" as being unlawful.

I would ask why it has become necessary for people to have to go to court for maintaining their care. We can give away gawd knows how many billions of our money in foreign aid and give the IMF £40billion to be given to lame duck wasters in the Eurozone although they claim it won't be used for that.

regards
Garlok

[pompeyfaith]

Re: Isle of Wight Council care cuts unlawful

Garlok,

It is indeed m8, and how is that saving money, hell even the DWP appeals process is costing mega bucks