Birmingham Council faces High Court again over spending cuts
Birmingham City Council is facing a second major legal challenge to its budget, this time by the relatives of a woman with learning disabilities who are challenging a decision to cut £53 million from adult social services.Lawyers acting for the 65-year-old, who is currently in a care home, are seeking a judicial review in the High Court and will claim that a cuts programme was approved without properly consulting vulnerable people and their families who would be affected by the decision.Read the entire story at the Birmingham Post.
