From the outside, it appears to be a typical suburban home. However, this house on an ordinary street in Oxton, Wirral, just an hour's drive from Manchester city centre, hides a unique secret that remained hidden for three decades.
03.04.2024 - 18:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A council who 'stonewalled' a family after they challenged its decision to deduct £2,000 a year from a man's benefits has been forced to review the case after a High Court challenge.
Michael Sherratt, 27, has autism spectrum disorder and learning difficulties and lives with mum Stephanie Sherratt, 54, who acts as his primary carer. Michael has a care plan and has been assessed by Bolton Council as having high levels of need, for which he receives additional support, covered by direct payment and state benefits.
Before 2022, he was not required to make a financial contribution towards the cost of his care. However, following a financial assessment by the council in March 2022, Michael was required to make a contribution of £39.92 per week towards his care.
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The council stated that this was because any disability related expenditure (DRE) had to be ‘relatable or attributable’ to his care plan, according to specialist public law and human rights firm Irwin Mitchell. The council argued travel costs were covered in his personal independence payment (PIP) and items such as lunches for a personal assistant couldn’t be DRE, as he wasn’t responsible for providing those meals.
The family, from Westhoughton, Bolton, instructed lawyers at Irwin Mitchell to challenge the decision, arguing that such items could be counted as DRE. They say they were ‘ignored or stonewalled when speaking openly and frankly about the needs of their adult son’, which they say ‘felt unfair, unkind and as it turns out, unjust’.
And, following an application for judicial review in the High Court, the council accepted all the points presented by
From the outside, it appears to be a typical suburban home. However, this house on an ordinary street in Oxton, Wirral, just an hour's drive from Manchester city centre, hides a unique secret that remained hidden for three decades.
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