R (on the application of M) (FC) (Respondent) v Slough Borough Council [2008] UKHL 52 is a House of Lords case concerning Local Authority obligations under the National Assistance Act 1948, and specifically when the authority is obliged to arrange and pay for accommodation.
The facts of the case are that M, a 42 year old Zimbabwean, subject to immigration control and HIV positive had applied to Slough BC for assistance under the National Assistance Act. He has subsequently become eligible for housing assistance by NASS, pending an appeal against return.
M’s needs stated needs are
other than for a home and subsistence, are for medication prescribed by his
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