The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2025] PTSR 1311
King’s Bench Division
Rex (SARCP) v Stoke-on-Trent City Council
[2025] EWHC 18 (Admin)
2024 Dec 13; 2025 Jan 10; 27
Judge Tindal sitting as a High Court judge
Local government— Community care services— Persons in need of care and attention— Care home fees— Local authority contracting with private care home providers for care home accommodation— Contract providing for minimum uplift of fees payable to providers— Local authority increasing fees at minimum rate and below inflation rate— Claimant organisation representing care home providers challenging decision on basis uplift insufficient to cover actual cost of providing care— Whether local authority’s exercise of contractual discretion amenable to judicial review— Whether claimant having standing to bring public law claim— Whether local authority failing to follow statutory guidance— Whether breaching public sector equality duty—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), ss 6, 7, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8
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Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 149(1)
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Care Act 2014 (c 23), ss 5, 78