Commons vote will be held today to determine the future of the Bedroom Tax.
Commons vote will be held today to determine the future of the Bedroom Tax
The latest government figures show that the coalition’s Bedroom Tax has cost thousands of low-income families an average of £1,260 since it was introduced in April 2013.
Around 500,000 people are currently being charged the Bedroom Tax, paying an average of £14 a week. Incredibly, two-thirds (330,000) of those hit are disabled and 60,000 are carers.
Labour have promised that their next government will repeal the Bedroom Tax. But they stress that the people being affected by it now cannot afford to wait that long, which is why they have forced a vote in the House of Commons.
The vote will take place today, and could mean that the Bedroom Tax is effectively abolished by Christmas.
Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said:
“The Bedroom Tax is costing low-income families over £1,200, deepening the cost-of-living crisis for people who are struggling to make ends meet.
“The government’s own independent report into the Bedroom Tax found fewer than five per cent of people had moved to another home in the social rented sector and 60 per cent of people had fallen behind with their rent. The Bedroom Tax has failed – it’s yet another example of Tory Welfare Waste.”
Describing the tax as ‘cruel’ and ‘unfair’, Reeves urged MPs from all parties to vote in favour of scrapping the Bedroom Tax today.
49 Responses to “Bedroom Tax has cost low-income families an average of £1,260”
CharleyFarleyFive
http://www.cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/130814102945-BBCBiasOliverLathamfc.pdf
http://biasedbbc.org/quotes-of-shame/
CharleyFarleyFive
There’s no point trying to convince you, if you’re going to take the position that the Pope’s not Catholic, what would be the point of arguing otherwise.
You’re either disingenuous, ignorant or pushing an agenda. I’d argue for all three.
Tom
So a free-market think tank and some quotes. Give the man a PhD!
treborc1
It is a spare rook subsidy labour LHA is a tax , now then I Live in a one bedroom Bungalow, it says in my contract it is a one bedroom property for the disabled although you would not think it’s for the disabled it has three steps to get in and it’s normal inside for normal people.
Now then when I was getting my rent and council tax paid they made a visit to have look at the property, it has a tiny kitchen you can not swing anything in never mind a cat , it has a living room which is tiny one settee only and it had a bedroom bathroom and dinning room, the council stated we can serve food in the living room as most people eat while watching TV and the council said you have a room which is spare and can be used as a bedroom so you have a spare room so you will pay £14 a week extra .
Both the LHA and the spare room subsidy are in the main to attack the poorest who rent and need council allowance and council tax payments bopth labour and the Tories came up with it and both are as much to blame.
Labour LHS has decimated those who rent in the private sector those who bought homes and then turned them into rentals.. so it’s bit rich without saying anything about this little gem
treborc1
Best to use gas on those people quick and not so cheap