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Answering the charges
- Author:
- SCRASE Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, May 2009, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
A judge recently ruled that Cornwall County Council's decision to start charging a man with a learning disability for his care was unlawful. Cornwall County Council had begun charging when the responsibility for learning disability services was transferred from the NHS Trust to social services. The author, associate partner at Follet and Stock and the acting solicitor, explores the wider significance of the case.
Family budgets under threats from charges
- Author:
- McINTYRE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 27, April 1998, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Identifies how local authority charges for services to families who have to support relatives with learning difficulties are affecting their budgets.