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Birmingham City Council broke the law when it cut care for disabled people in an attempt to save money, it was ruled at the High Court. Ringing alarm bells for local authorities throughout England and Wales, the judges said that councils had to stick to disability laws and not discriminate when they made decisions about cuts. More than that, people with disabilities should get more favourable treatment than the able-bodied. Martin Green, chief executive of the English Community Care Association, said that the judgement showed local authorities not only that they cannot prioritise their budgets, but also that they have a responsibility to disabled people. "This judgement has far-reaching implications for the way in which social care is funded," he said. "Government should be mindful that when they enshrine rights in law they need to deliver the appropriate resources. This judgement clearly shows the need for social care funding t o be taken out of discretionary spend and ring-fenced for social care services."
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Disgraced politician Elliot Morley
Elliot Morley became the first former minister to be jailed for cheating his expenses when he was sentenced to 16 months today. Morley, a former Labour environment minister, pleaded guilty last month to claiming more than £30,000 in bogus mortgage payments. Morley was sentenced at London's Southwark Crown Court. Passing sentence, Mr Justice Saunders said Morley was guilty of "blatant dishonesty"and had "thrown away his good name and character."
John Bingham, Daily Telegraph
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Daniel Ellsberg
It's supposed to be sunny on Saturday in Washington, which is good news for Daniel Ellsberg. The most famous whistle-blower in American history is hoping to get arrested in the name of Bradley Manning. "Oh, it's easy. I've done it before," he explains. "You don't have to do much to get arrested at the White House." A spry 79-year-old with neat, silver hair, Ellsberg doesn't look threatening. But he's pretty mad. Disgusted is the word he uses to describe how he feels that Manning, a 23-year-old Army private, has been locked up for nearly eight months at Quantico military prison. To many Americans, Manning is a traitor. To many Americans, Manning is a hero. To Ellsberg, Manning is something else. "I was that young man; I was Bradley Manning," he says. In the 1960s, Ellsberg was a high-level Pentagon official. He was a former Marine commander who believed the American government was the good guy. B ut while working for the administration of Lyndon Johnson, Ellsberg got access to a top-secret document that revealed senior American leaders, including several presidents, knew that the Vietnam War was an unwinnable, tragic quagmire. Ellsberg has been trying to see Manning but has had no luck getting on his visitors list. Ellsberg says he'll only pull Saturday's stunt if he can get out of jail in time to make it to Quantico on Sunday. A rally is being planned outside the prison, and Ellsberg is scheduled to address the demonstrators.
Ashley Fantz, CNN
Adrian Lamo
On June 6, a little over two weeks after Wired’s Lamo profile appeared, major news arrived out of nowhere. Wired’s popular Threat Level blog reported that “an Army intelligence analyst who boasted of giving classified U.S. combat video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department cables to whistleblower site Wikileaks,” had been arrested by the military. On June 6, a little over two weeks after Wired’s Lamo profile appeared, major news arrived out of nowhere. “Manning came to the attention of the F.B.I. and Army investigators after he contacted former hacker Adrian Lamo late last month over instant messenger and e-mail.”
Greg Mitchell, The Nation
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