Nottinghamshire County Council breached the Care Act by cutting a disabled man's care budget by a third.
Ombudsman Michael King said: “In this case the council reduced the man’s care package so he had to fund the shortfall from his benefits, which even then were not enough. His parents had little choice but to cover the cost of this, despite their son’s level of care having not changed in more than 12 years.
“While councils can consider the financial cost when deciding how much to pay a person to meet their eligible needs, they cannot make care decisions based solely on those financial considerations. This is what Nottinghamshire appears to have done in this case.” More here: https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2020/01/28/financially-motivated-council-breached-care-act-cutting-autistic-mans-personal-budget/
DRUK's Fazilet Hadi said: "What it demonstrates is that this local authority has completely lost the ability to be human and treat its citizens with dignity and respect."