Council urgently reviewing direct payment cuts after challenge to ‘unlawful’ policy

A council has launched an urgent review into cuts it made to people’s direct payments after a legal challenge forced a “complete U-turn” in one woman’s case.
Stockport council has also suspended its direct payments policy – introduced last year – after admitting it may have made wrong decisions on how people could spend their money.
The reversals came after a disabled woman’s family challenged the authority’s decision to cut her direct payment last