Independent Living Fund

But first, James, should we have a look at the facts?

Yes, so this was a case about the closure of the Independent Living Fund.

The Independent Living Fund was a non-departmental government body which operated a discretionary trust.

Now this trust was originally set up in 1988.

It was wholly funded by the DWP and managed by a board of trustees.

And then after that ministerial statement in 2012, the DWP launched that consultation, which the ministerial statement had warned about, with the stated purpose in the consultation of closing the ILF in 2015 and devising a different way of financially supporting its users, most likely by devolving that function entirely to local authorities.

Now, Deep breath.

There is a lot more detail than that in the Court of Appeal's judgment about what happened with the Independent Living Fund.