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'Bedroom Tax' Leaves Disabled Fearing Eviction
‘Bedroom Tax’ Leaves Disabled Fearing Eviction
11:00am 27th November 2013
Thousands of disabled people are cutting back on food and heating to pay for the so-called “bedroom tax”, according to a group of leading charities.
The chief executives of leading groups including Disability Rights UK, Scope, Carers UK, The Royal National Institute of Blind People and the Council For Disabled Children say the policy is having a “devastating impact” on people with disabilities.
More than 50 organisations have signed a letter to Iain Duncan Smith calling for immediate action to exempt disabled people from the Spare Room Subsidy.
They claim that it is harder for people in adapted housing to move and that “it is hitting disabled people who need an extra room for essential home adaptations or equipment which enable them to live independently”.
The letter to the Department of Work and Pensions states: “We have been deeply frustrated at reports that disabled people and their families are protected from this policy.
“The stark evidence since the policy was implemented in April clearly shows they are not.
Specially-trained dogs can now help out their disabled owners with the laundry
TOP dog Duffy has learned a new trick or two… thanks to a revolutionary washing machine.
A trained pooch presses the paw-designed button to start the washing machine [ROSS PARRY]
He’s one of a breed of specially-trained dogs who can strip beds, fill laundry baskets as well as load and empty washing machines.
Now they are being taught to do all the laundry for their disabled owners with the new Woof to Wash machine.
They unlock it with the push of a paw on a bespoke pad, yank on a rope to open the door, load, close with their nose, then start the cycle simply by barking.
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