The families of two autistic men have won a High Court case over cuts to social care by Isle of Wight Council.The judge ruled that the council's new criteria was unlawful and should be quashed by the court.
The council said that it was trying to save £1.6m by restricting council care to only the most pressing cases, where, under the new plans only vulnerable adults assessed as critical or at risk of becoming critical would qualify.
SOURCE: BBC News
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Civil Justice Council says planned £350m reduction in legal aid budget will also result in courts and tribunals "struggling to manage their caseloads" and deny justice to the most vulnerable in society, a government-funded body warned on Friday.
"The equality impact assessment accompanying the [MoJ's] proposals for reducing the scope of legal aid contains an acknowledgement that the proposals will have a disproportionate impact upon women, ethnic minorities and people with disabilities."
SOURCE: The Guardian
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This week Liverpool's officers provided councillors with details of £90 million worth of savings for 2012-13 of which £50 million will have to be picked by the council by 7 March 2012. Among some suggestions of saving money include scrapping all council funding for large scale events and likely cut backs and closures to the city's library services; outsourcing of home care with potential savings of almost £4 million and the possible ending of the council's contribution to child and adolescent mental health services.
SOURCE: The Guardian
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Real term cuts hit more than 200 areas of public spending in coalition government's first year. The public sector has had to find £10bn in savings from services such as GP care, prisons and the rail network,an analysis by the Guardian shows.
SOURCE: Guardian
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