A 42-year-old man with learning difficulties was underpaid more than £100,000 over five years in disability payments when he moved into supported housing because of a council error, it has emerged.
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) criticised Bradford Council because it provided the wrong information to the DWP’s Independent Living Fund (ILF) – which provides financial support to disabled people.
The LGO found the council informed the ILF the man was going into residential...
