Overview

When drawing up eligibility criteria for social care, councils should give due regard to their race, gender and disability duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination. These duties were previously set out in separate Acts (the Race Relations Act 1976, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995) but have now been replaced and incorporated into the Equality Act 2010.

To read Eversheds' full report on the case brought against Birmingham City Council by four individuals receiving adult care services, and the impact the case could have on councils making cuts to social care services, click View Briefing.