Authorities deadlocked over disabled facilities grant

By Dan Peters | 13 September 2017

Staffordshire CC is at deadlock with one of its districts in a continuing row about disabled facilities grant (DFG).

The county wants to use the money to pay for hoists that it believes are needed immediately and argues that making East Staffordshire BC residents apply for the cash via the DFG takes too long.

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