Aug 122011
Disabled activist, Georgina Barrett, has won the right to challenge in the high court Lambeth council’s decision to remove funding from self advocacy organisation People First Lambeth.
Barett’s lawyers will claim the council failed in its public sector equality duty – under the Disability Discrimination Act – to pay due regard to the impact of the cuts on disabled people and the need to promote disability equality, and to consult or engage with members of People First Lambeth, before making the decision.
For full article see: https://www.disabilitylib.org.uk/component/content/article/1-latest-news/633-disabled-activist-wins-right-to-challenge-council-cuts
