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| Aberdeen City Council has been accused of breaking the law by cutting funds to projects for disabled and vulnerable people. | Aberdeen City Council has been accused of breaking the law by cutting funds to projects for disabled and vulnerable people. |
| The claim has been made by Aberdeen North Labour MP Frank Doran, who said he has been approached by people who are planning to sue the authority. | The claim has been made by Aberdeen North Labour MP Frank Doran, who said he has been approached by people who are planning to sue the authority. |
| Among the cuts is the removal of funding from the Glencraft factory for the blind and disabled. | Among the cuts is the removal of funding from the Glencraft factory for the blind and disabled. |
| Mr Doran has written to the council, which has not yet commented. | Mr Doran has written to the council, which has not yet commented. |
| A number of my constituents have asked me to write this letter and they are looking to sue the council Frank DoranAberdeen North MP | |
| The MP said the council had broken the law by restricting or cutting services for disabled people and removing funding from voluntary groups which provide care for disabled and vulnerable people. | The MP said the council had broken the law by restricting or cutting services for disabled people and removing funding from voluntary groups which provide care for disabled and vulnerable people. |
| He claimed the authority was in breach of various pieces of legislation which said it had statutory responsibilities to provide the services. | He claimed the authority was in breach of various pieces of legislation which said it had statutory responsibilities to provide the services. |
| Mr Doran said he would also report the matter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | Mr Doran said he would also report the matter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission. |
| 'Huge distress' | |
| He claimed: "This is an extremely serious breach of the legal responsibility of the council. | |
| "A number of my constituents have asked me to write this letter and they are looking to sue the council. | |
| "I have given the chief executive a deadline to get back to me." | |
| Aberdeen South MP Anne Begg said: "Under the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, Aberdeen City Council has a duty to consider the effects of their policies on disabled people, to apply their own disability equality scheme and to involve disabled people in decisions which affect their lives. | |
| "The council has done none of these things. It is a dereliction of their duty and is causing a huge amount of distress to my constituents who are to lose services they think of as their lifeline." | |
| The deputy leader of Aberdeen City Council, Kevin Stewart, said he would not comment until he had seen Mr Doran's letter. |