Rather than have its plans to abolish the Local Welfare Provision Fund scrutinised by the High Court under a judicial review, the government signed a “consent order” agreeing to reconsider the funding of local welfare provision.
The fund was introduced in April 2013 to replace crisis loans, but was due to end in March 2015, which councils and campaigners had warned could result in severe hardship for vulnerable young people.
The move had been challenged by a disabled man from Cheshire, supported by Islington Council and the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), on the grounds that the government had not properly consulted on the move, allocated alternative funding or assessed the impact it would have.
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