Key legal question
Whether the cantonal social assistance manual could replace the SKOS guidelines for budgeting in a stable concubinage.
Extracted holding
No. The SKOS guidelines govern the calculation because the cantonal manual cannot contradict them where no statutory exception applies.
Extracted reasoning
Section 152 SG makes the SKOS guidelines generally binding, and Section 93 SV does not exclude budget calculation in a stable concubinage. The manual is only an administrative instruction and cannot override the guidelines.