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Mental health care bill row

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Who should pick up the bill if a mentally ill person is put in a care home outside the area where they live? That is the question that will be argued in the High Court today in a dispute between two local authorities: the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and Sutton Council. Colin Stears of Sutton Council discusses the issue.

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