Cameron faces hostile meeting over bedroom tax
David Cameron will face a difficult meeting later this week as the heads of the UK’s devolved governments meet.
Bedroom Tax
Labour to scrap hated Bedroom Tax
Ed Miliband will use a speech at party conference on Saturday to commit a future Labour government to repealing the coalition’s Bedroom Tax.
Shapps and the press are the ‘absolute disgrace’
Rather than address Raquel Rolnik’s points about the Bedroom Tax, the government has engaged in character assassination.
Green Party accused of ‘acting as agents’ for the Tories
Brighton and Hove’s Green-led council has been accused of “acting as agents for the Tory-led coalition” after a letter emerged which appears to contradict the council’s pledge to not evict council tenants who are unable to pay the ‘bedroom tax’.
Stephanie Bottrill: The treasury ‘does not comment on individual cases’ (except when it can use them to demonise the welfare state)
Having gained notoriety for his bizarre lifestyle, Michael Philpott caused outrage after he was found to have caused the deaths of six of his children in a fire which he started deliberately.
Memorably, the case was jumped on by the right-wing press as “a vile product of welfare UK”. George Osborne even chipped in, saying it raised important welfare “questions”.
The bedroom tax is already ruining Welsh communities
Just over a week since George Osborne declared as “unbelievable” the Welsh government’s opposition to many of his welfare reforms, the BBC has today unearthed evidence demonstrating the extent of the impact of the bedroom tax.
Five things David Cameron doesn’t want you to know about the Bedroom Tax
Left Foot Forward looks at five things David Cameron doesn’t want you to know about the Bedroom Tax.
Hundreds of families in Osborne’s own constituency set to lose out with ‘bedroom tax’
Hundreds of social housing tenants in George Osborne’s own Tatton constituency are set to be hit by the so-called “bedroom tax”, reports Kevin Meagher.
Welfare reforms are not well fair for the regions
A housing association in Wales has warned that the Government’s Bedroom Tax will hit many tenants “like a hurricane”. Under the Welfare Reform Act, passed last year, the new tax will, from April 2013 see the level of benefit thattest