Category Archives: benefits
25 reasons your MP must kill David Cameron’s Bedroom Tax
In the House of Commons, MPs face a critical vote on the Bedroom Tax – called by Labour.
The party is using ‘Opposition Day’ to bring forward a motion on the tax that calls for an immediate end to the policy.
It also asks the House to regret its “pernicious effect on vulnerable, and in many cases disabled, people” and calls the government reverse tax cuts for the wealthiest people instead.
50,000 people are now facing eviction after bedroom tax
One council tenant in three has been pushed into rent arrears since April, while tens of thousands in housing association properties are also affected
Thursday 19 September 2013
More than 50,000 people affected by the so-called bedroom tax have fallen behind on rent and face eviction, figures given to The Independent show.
The statistics reveal the scale of debt created by the Government’s under-occupancy charge, as one council house tenant in three has been pushed into rent arrears since it was introduced in April.
Figures provided by 114 local authorities across Britain after Freedom of Information (FoI) requests by the campaign group False Economy show the impact of the bedroom tax over its first four months. The total number of affected council tenants across Britain is likely to be much higher than the 50,000 recorded in the sample of local authorities that responded to the FoI.
Carer advised by council she’d be better off QUITTING her job and living on benefits
Battle: Chelsea Press and daughter Lacey Battle: Chelsea Press and daughter Lacey
SWNS
A single mum has been told by council staff that she would be “better off” resigning her job and living on benefits.
Chelsea Press, a part-time carer for the elderly, was seeking financial advice after struggling to pay bills.
But the 23-year-old was left speechless when her local Basildon district council in Essex suggested she should stop working 27 hours a week.
The consultation revealed Chelsea, who has a two-year-old daughter Lacey, would have £2,850 more each year – £54.80 a week – if she was unemployed.
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